Wolcott, VT
Wolcott, VT's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Wolcott's 113 buildings earn a 12th-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 Wolcott at the 13th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
Where Wolcott's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Wolcott: 96.5% of its 113 buildings, versus 3.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Wolcott ranks
Wolcott scores 12th nationally and 11th 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, Wolcott ranks 27,689 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,526 by building count (1 is largest). Within Vermont alone, it ranks 159 of 179 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Vermont on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wolcott
At the 12th national percentile, Wolcott 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 Wolcott
Wolcott's 96.5% 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.
Where Wolcott's figures come from
Wolcott's 12th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wolcott's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.