South Lincoln, VT
How exposed is South Lincoln to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, South Lincoln lands at the 16th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 203 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts South Lincoln at the 16th percentile, close to its 16th-percentile risk score.
Where South Lincoln's buildings actually sit
Of South Lincoln's 203 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where South Lincoln ranks
South Lincoln's 51st-percentile standing inside Vermont outpaces its 16th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, South Lincoln ranks 26,615 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,751 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 90 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in South Lincoln
South Lincoln's low wildfire rating (16th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 100% of South Lincoln in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 203 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for South Lincoln. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond South Lincoln, see the exposure-zones guide.