West Dummerston, VT
West Dummerston, VT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores West Dummerston at the 18th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 49 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 West Dummerston at the 18th percentile, close to its 18th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in West Dummerston: 100% of its 49 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
West Dummerston against the rest of the country
Within Vermont, West Dummerston ranks higher (83rd percentile) than it does nationally (18th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Dummerston ranks 25,825 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,970 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 32 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
West Dummerston's low wildfire rating (18th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of West Dummerston 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 West Dummerston's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind West Dummerston's 25,825-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Dummerston's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.