Newbury, VT
Newbury, VT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Newbury at the 14th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 272 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Newbury at the 15th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Newbury's building exposure, zone by zone
93% of Newbury's 272 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 253 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Newbury ranks
Compare Newbury's two percentiles: 36th within Vermont, only 14th nationally — a gap of 22 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newbury ranks 26,993 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,452 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 115 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Newbury
Newbury's low rating (14th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Newbury (93%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Newbury's 14th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Newbury, see the exposure-zones guide.