Saratoga, WY
How exposed is Saratoga to wildfire?
USFS scores Saratoga at the 70th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,379 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 Saratoga at the 67th percentile, close to its 70th-percentile risk score.
Saratoga's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Saratoga (83.5% of 1,379 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 16.5% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Saratoga ranks
Saratoga's 70th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 30th 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, Saratoga ranks 9,378 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,720 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 135 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Saratoga
At the 70th percentile nationally, Saratoga 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Saratoga (83.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,379 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Saratoga. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Saratoga, see the exposure-zones guide.