St. George, VT
How exposed is St. George to wildfire?
St. George sits at the 22nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 246 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts St. George at the 22nd percentile, close to its 22nd-percentile risk score.
Where St. George's buildings actually sit
Of St. George's 246 counted buildings, 99.2% 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 St. George ranks
Within Vermont, St. George ranks higher (96th percentile) than it does nationally (22nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. George ranks 24,595 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,279 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 9 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
St. George and the insurance market
At the 22nd national percentile, St. George rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 99.2% of St. George 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.
Where St. George's figures come from
St. George's 22nd-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 St. George's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.