Veteran, WY
Veteran wildfire risk explained
Veteran sits at the 72nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 41 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Veteran's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 71st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
41 buildings are counted in Veteran, and 97.6% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Veteran against the rest of the country
Veteran's 72nd national percentile looks worse in isolation than its 33rd ranking inside Wyoming does — this place is on the milder end for its own state, by 39 points. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Veteran ranks 8,905 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,159 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 130 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Veteran
Veteran's high rating (72nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Veteran
Because Direct exposure dominates in Veteran (97.6%), 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
Veteran's 72nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Veteran, see the exposure-zones guide.