Byram, CT
How exposed is Byram to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Byram 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 2,121 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Byram's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
89.8% of Byram's 2,121 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 10.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Byram ranks
Byram scores 23rd nationally and 18th within Connecticut — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Byram ranks 24,163 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,142 by building count (1 is largest). Within Connecticut alone, it ranks 175 of 214 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Connecticut on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Byram
Byram's moderate rating (23rd 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 Byram
Even with 89.8% of Byram outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Byram's 24,163-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Byram, see the exposure-zones guide.