Buffalo, WY
Buffalo, WY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Buffalo's 2,563 buildings earn a 89th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band 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 Buffalo at the 91st percentile, close to its 89th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Buffalo (90% of 2,563 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 10% sit in the Direct zone.
How Buffalo compares
There's little gap between Buffalo's 89th national percentile and its 88th percentile inside Wyoming, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Buffalo ranks 3,483 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,176 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 24 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 89th percentile nationally, Buffalo carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Buffalo
Buffalo's 90% 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.
Where Buffalo's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Buffalo's 3,483-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Buffalo's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.