Shoshone, ID
How exposed is Shoshone to wildfire?
Shoshone's 821 buildings earn a 98th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Shoshone at the 99th percentile, close to its 98th-percentile risk score.
Where Shoshone's buildings actually sit
Most of Shoshone's buildings (88.6%) 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.
Shoshone against the rest of the country
Shoshone's risk sits at a similar level relative to Idaho (93rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (98th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shoshone ranks 509 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,436 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 18 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 98th percentile nationally, Shoshone carries the very 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.
Hardening a home in Shoshone
Shoshone's 88.6% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 821 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Shoshone. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Shoshone, see the exposure-zones guide.