Star Valley Ranch, WY
Star Valley Ranch, WY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Star Valley Ranch at the 75th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,344 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Star Valley Ranch at the 69th percentile, close to its 75th-percentile risk score.
Star Valley Ranch's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Star Valley Ranch: 99.1% of its 1,344 buildings, versus 0.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Star Valley Ranch against the rest of the country
Star Valley Ranch ranks lower within Wyoming (38th percentile statewide) than its 75th national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Star Valley Ranch ranks 7,833 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,857 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 120 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 75th percentile nationally, Star Valley Ranch carries the 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 Star Valley Ranch
With 99.1% of Star Valley Ranch 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Star Valley Ranch's 7,833-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Star Valley Ranch, see the exposure-zones guide.