Weston, VT
Weston, VT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Weston's 89 buildings earn a 16th-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, Weston's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
Weston's building exposure, zone by zone
89 buildings are counted in Weston, and 79.8% 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.
Weston against the rest of the country
Within Vermont, Weston ranks higher (53rd 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, Weston ranks 26,552 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,554 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 87 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Weston
Weston's low wildfire rating (16th 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
Weston's 79.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 89 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Weston. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Weston, see the exposure-zones guide.