Londonderry, VT
Londonderry, VT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Londonderry sits at the 16th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 127 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Londonderry at the 17th percentile, close to its 16th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
127 buildings are counted in Londonderry, and 69.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Londonderry ranks
Within Vermont, Londonderry ranks higher (63rd percentile) than it does nationally (16th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Londonderry ranks 26,392 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,877 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 67 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Londonderry and the insurance market
Londonderry's low wildfire rating (16th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 69.3% of Londonderry in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Londonderry's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Londonderry's 26,392-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Londonderry's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.