Point of Rocks, WY
How exposed is Point of Rocks to wildfire?
Point of Rocks's 39 buildings earn a 61st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Point of Rocks's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 54th percentile nationally.
Point of Rocks's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Point of Rocks's 39 counted buildings, 53.9% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Point of Rocks compares
Point of Rocks's 61st national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 18th ranking inside Wyoming does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 43 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Point of Rocks ranks 12,215 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,200 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 157 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Point of Rocks
Point of Rocks's high rating (61st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Point of Rocks's 53.9% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 39 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Point of Rocks. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Point of Rocks, see the exposure-zones guide.