Teton Village, WY
How exposed is Teton Village to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Teton Village lands at the 88th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — a figure built from its 557 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Teton Village's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 87th percentile nationally.
Where Teton Village's buildings actually sit
88.2% of Teton Village's 557 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 491 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 11.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Teton Village compares
There's little gap between Teton Village's 88th national percentile and its 82nd percentile inside Wyoming, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Teton Village ranks 3,862 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,467 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 35 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
Teton Village and the insurance market
At the 88th percentile nationally, Teton Village carries the very 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Teton Village (88.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Teton Village's 3,862-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Teton Village, see the exposure-zones guide.