Athens, NY
Athens, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Athens lands at the 23rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 931 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Athens at the 21st percentile, close to its 23rd-percentile risk score.
Athens's building exposure, zone by zone
44.9% of Athens's 931 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 41.7% Direct and 13.4% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Athens compares
Compare Athens's two percentiles: 49th within New York, only 23rd nationally — a gap of 26 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Athens ranks 24,339 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,463 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 660 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Athens and the insurance market
At the 23rd national percentile, Athens rates moderate 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 Athens
Athens's 44.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Athens's 23rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Athens, see the exposure-zones guide.