Marbleton, WY
Marbleton wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Marbleton at the 70th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 667 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Marbleton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 70th percentile nationally.
Where Marbleton's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 77.5% of Marbleton's 667 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 22.5% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Marbleton ranks
Marbleton's 70th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 28th ranking inside Wyoming does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 41 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marbleton ranks 9,630 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,993 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 138 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Marbleton's 70th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Marbleton (77.5% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 667 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Marbleton. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Marbleton, see the exposure-zones guide.