Marcy, NY
How exposed is Marcy to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Marcy lands at the 5th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 463 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Marcy at the 5th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Marcy's building exposure, zone by zone
51.6% of Marcy's 463 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 48.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Marcy compares
Marcy's risk sits at a similar level relative to New York (7th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (5th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marcy ranks 29,822 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,011 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,207 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Marcy and the insurance market
Marcy'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 Marcy
Because 51.6% of Marcy's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Marcy's figures come from
Marcy's 5th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Marcy's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.