Whitingham, VT
Whitingham, VT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Whitingham lands at the 16th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 64 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Whitingham at the 17th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Whitingham's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Whitingham: 100% of its 64 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Whitingham against the rest of the country
Whitingham's 62nd-percentile standing inside Vermont outpaces its 16th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Whitingham ranks 26,394 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,528 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 69 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Whitingham
Whitingham'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.
Hardening a home in Whitingham
Whitingham's 100% 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
Whitingham's 16th-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 Whitingham, see the exposure-zones guide.