Lunenburg, VT
How exposed is Lunenburg to wildfire?
Lunenburg sits at the 15th 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 190 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lunenburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 15th percentile nationally.
Lunenburg's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Lunenburg: 96.8% of its 190 buildings, versus 3.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Lunenburg against the rest of the country
Compare Lunenburg's two percentiles: 40th within Vermont, only 15th nationally — a gap of 25 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lunenburg ranks 26,837 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,263 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 108 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lunenburg
At the 15th national percentile, Lunenburg rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Lunenburg
Lunenburg's 96.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 190 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lunenburg. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lunenburg, see the exposure-zones guide.