Silverton, ID
Silverton, ID's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Silverton's 335 buildings earn a 85th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Silverton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 76th percentile nationally.
Silverton's building exposure, zone by zone
335 buildings are counted in Silverton, and 86% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 14% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Silverton against the rest of the country
Silverton's 85th national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 56th ranking inside Idaho does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 29 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Silverton ranks 4,759 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,693 by building count (1 is largest). Within Idaho alone, it ranks 102 of 232 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Idaho on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Silverton
At the 85th percentile nationally, Silverton 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 Silverton
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Silverton (86% 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
Silverton's 85th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Silverton, see the exposure-zones guide.