Sheridan, WY
Sheridan wildfire risk explained
Sheridan's 9,151 buildings earn a 91st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sheridan at the 93rd national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Sheridan's buildings (91.2%) 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. At 9,151 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Sheridan compares
Sheridan's risk sits at a similar level relative to Wyoming (92nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (91st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sheridan ranks 3,011 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,806 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 16 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
Sheridan's very high rating (91st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Sheridan
Because 91.2% of Sheridan'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 Sheridan's figures come from
Sheridan's 91st-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 Sheridan's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.