Marion, NY
Marion, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Marion lands at the 10th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 738 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Marion at the 10th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Marion: 64.2% of its 738 buildings, versus 35.8% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Marion compares
There's little gap between Marion's 10th national percentile and its 23rd percentile inside New York, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marion ranks 28,405 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,241 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 993 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Marion
Marion's low rating (10th 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 Marion
Marion's 64.2% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Marion's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Marion's 28,405-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Marion's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.