Readsboro, VT
Readsboro wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Readsboro lands at the 18th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 185 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Readsboro's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 19th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Readsboro: 57.3% of its 185 buildings, versus 42.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Readsboro compares
Compare Readsboro's two percentiles: 80th within Vermont, only 18th nationally — a gap of 62 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Readsboro ranks 25,920 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,441 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 38 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Readsboro
At the 18th national percentile, Readsboro rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 57.3% of Readsboro 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.
More on how this number was built
Readsboro's 18th-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 Readsboro, see the exposure-zones guide.