Springfield, VT
Springfield, VT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Springfield at the 16th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,872 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Springfield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 17th percentile nationally.
Springfield's building exposure, zone by zone
74.9% of Springfield's 1,872 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 25.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Springfield compares
Springfield's 58th-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, Springfield ranks 26,455 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,843 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 75 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Springfield
At the 16th national percentile, Springfield 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 Springfield
Springfield's 74.9% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Springfield's 26,455-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Springfield, see the exposure-zones guide.