Lyndonville, VT
How exposed is Lyndonville to wildfire?
Lyndonville's 771 buildings earn a 13th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lyndonville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 13th percentile nationally.
Where Lyndonville's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Lyndonville (69.9% of 771 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 30.1% sit in the Direct zone.
How Lyndonville compares
Lyndonville scores 13th nationally and 17th within Vermont — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lyndonville ranks 27,561 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,911 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 150 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Lyndonville's low rating (13th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Lyndonville (69.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Lyndonville's 13th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Lyndonville, see the exposure-zones guide.