North Syracuse, NY
How exposed is North Syracuse to wildfire?
North Syracuse sits at the 12th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,840 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts North Syracuse at the 9th percentile, close to its 12th-percentile risk score.
Where North Syracuse's buildings actually sit
Most of North Syracuse's buildings (65.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
North Syracuse against the rest of the country
Compare North Syracuse's two percentiles: 28th within New York, only 12th nationally — a gap of 17 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Syracuse ranks 27,866 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,678 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 926 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
North Syracuse and the insurance market
North Syracuse's low wildfire rating (12th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in North Syracuse
North Syracuse's 65.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where North Syracuse's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,840 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for North Syracuse. The exposure-zones guide covers what North Syracuse's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.