Saxtons River, VT
Saxtons River, VT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Saxtons River at the 16th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 270 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Saxtons River at the 16th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Saxtons River's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Saxtons River's buildings (74.1%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Saxtons River compares
Within Vermont, Saxtons River ranks higher (54th percentile) than it does nationally (16th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Saxtons River ranks 26,519 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,521 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 83 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Saxtons River
At the 16th national percentile, Saxtons River rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 74.1% of Saxtons River's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Saxtons River's figures come from
Saxtons River's 16th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Saxtons River's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.