Morristown, NY
Morristown, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Morristown lands at the 7th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 309 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 Morristown at the 7th percentile, close to its 7th-percentile risk score.
Where Morristown's buildings actually sit
49.2% of Morristown's 309 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 48.5% Direct and 2.3% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Morristown ranks
Morristown scores 7th nationally and 12th within New York — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Morristown ranks 29,387 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,401 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,130 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 7th national percentile, Morristown rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Morristown
Because 49.2% of Morristown'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.
More on how this number was built
Morristown's 7th-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 Morristown, see the exposure-zones guide.