Stratton Mountain, VT
Stratton Mountain, VT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Stratton Mountain at the 16th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 663 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Stratton Mountain at the 16th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Stratton Mountain: 68.8% of its 663 buildings, versus 31.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Stratton Mountain ranks
Within Vermont, Stratton Mountain ranks higher (62nd percentile) than it does nationally (16th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Stratton Mountain ranks 26,393 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,033 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 68 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Stratton Mountain's low rating (16th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 68.8% of Stratton Mountain 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 Stratton Mountain's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Stratton Mountain's 26,393-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Stratton Mountain's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.