Byron, WY
Byron wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Byron lands at the 43rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 306 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 Byron at the 39th percentile, close to its 43rd-percentile risk score.
Byron's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Byron (88.2% of 306 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 11.8% sit in the Direct zone.
How Byron compares
Inside Wyoming, Byron sits at just the 3rd percentile even though it scores 43rd nationally — the state's overall wildfire exposure is high enough to make this a relatively quiet corner of it. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Byron ranks 18,109 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,491 by building count (1 is largest). Within Wyoming alone, it ranks 187 of 192 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Wyoming on its state page.
Byron and the insurance market
Byron's elevated rating (43rd 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 Byron
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Byron (88.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Byron's 43rd-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 Byron, see the exposure-zones guide.