Vergennes, VT
Vergennes, VT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Vergennes's 1,211 buildings earn a 20th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Vergennes's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,211 buildings are counted in Vergennes, and 79.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 20.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Vergennes ranks
Compare Vergennes's two percentiles: 91st within Vermont, only 20th nationally — a gap of 71 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Vergennes ranks 25,231 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,587 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 17 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Vergennes
Vergennes's low rating (20th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Vergennes
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Vergennes (79.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Vergennes's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Vergennes's 25,231-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Vergennes's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.