Shelburne, VT
Shelburne, VT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Shelburne at the 18th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 2,743 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Shelburne at the 19th percentile, close to its 18th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,743 buildings are counted in Shelburne, and 48.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 45.9% in Direct exposure or the 6.1% rated Minimal.
Shelburne against the rest of the country
Within Vermont, Shelburne ranks higher (84th percentile) than it does nationally (18th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shelburne ranks 25,764 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,863 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 29 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 18th national percentile, Shelburne rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Shelburne
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Shelburne (48.1% 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 2,743 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Shelburne. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Shelburne, see the exposure-zones guide.