Powell, WY
Powell, WY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Powell's 3,295 buildings earn a 44th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Powell at the 38th national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Powell's buildings (97.1% of 3,295) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Powell compares
Powell's 44th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 3rd 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, Powell ranks 17,667 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,057 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 186 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
Powell and the insurance market
Powell's elevated rating (44th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Powell
Powell's 97.1% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,295 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Powell. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Powell, see the exposure-zones guide.