Reliance, WY
Reliance wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Reliance at the 61st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 391 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Reliance at the 55th percentile, close to its 61st-percentile risk score.
Where Reliance's buildings actually sit
69.1% of Reliance's 391 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 31% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Reliance ranks
Inside Wyoming, Reliance sits at just the 18th percentile even though it scores 61st nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Reliance ranks 12,309 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,402 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 158 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 61st percentile nationally, Reliance carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Reliance's 69.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Reliance's 12,309-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Reliance, see the exposure-zones guide.