White River Junction, VT
White River Junction, VT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
White River Junction sits at the 13th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,271 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks White River Junction at the 13th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where White River Junction's buildings actually sit
1,271 buildings are counted in White River Junction, and 82.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 12.7% in Direct exposure or the 4.7% rated Minimal.
How White River Junction compares
White River Junction scores 13th nationally and 16th within Vermont — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, White River Junction ranks 27,562 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,241 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 151 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in White River Junction
At the 13th national percentile, White River Junction rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in White River Junction
Because 82.6% of White River Junction's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where White River Junction's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,271 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for White River Junction. The exposure-zones guide covers what White River Junction's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.