Morrisville, VT
How exposed is Morrisville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Morrisville at the 12th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 838 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Morrisville at the 13th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
Morrisville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 69.3% of Morrisville's 838 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 30.7% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Morrisville ranks
Morrisville scores 12th nationally and 12th 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, Morrisville ranks 27,654 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,280 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 156 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Morrisville
At the 12th national percentile, Morrisville rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Morrisville (69.3% 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 838 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Morrisville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Morrisville, see the exposure-zones guide.