Nordic, WY
How exposed is Nordic to wildfire?
Nordic sits at the 85th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 427 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Nordic at the 81st percentile, close to its 85th-percentile risk score.
Nordic's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Nordic: 99.5% of its 427 buildings, versus 0.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Nordic compares
Nordic ranks lower within Wyoming (69th percentile statewide) than its 85th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nordic ranks 4,807 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,723 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 61 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
Nordic and the insurance market
Nordic's 85th-percentile, very 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 99.5% of Nordic in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Nordic's figures come from
Nordic's 85th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Nordic's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.