Akron, NY
How exposed is Akron to wildfire?
Akron's 1,424 buildings earn a 5th-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, Akron's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 5th percentile nationally.
Where Akron's buildings actually sit
62.4% of Akron's 1,424 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 37.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Akron compares
Akron scores 5th nationally and 4th within New York — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Akron ranks 30,111 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,512 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,237 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Akron's low rating (5th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Akron
With 62.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Akron gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Akron's 5th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Akron, see the exposure-zones guide.