Williamstown, VT
Williamstown wildfire risk explained
Williamstown's 668 buildings earn a 17th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Williamstown at the 17th percentile, close to its 17th-percentile risk score.
Where Williamstown's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 68.3% of Williamstown's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 31.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 456 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Williamstown compares
Williamstown's 72nd-percentile standing inside Vermont outpaces its 17th 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, Williamstown ranks 26,144 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,985 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 52 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Williamstown
At the 17th national percentile, Williamstown 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 Williamstown
Williamstown's 68.3% 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
Williamstown's 17th-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 Williamstown, see the exposure-zones guide.