Odessa, NY
Odessa, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Odessa sits at the 18th 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 342 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Odessa at the 18th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Odessa's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Odessa: 60.8% of its 342 buildings, versus 39.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Odessa compares
Compare Odessa's two percentiles: 41st within New York, only 18th nationally — a gap of 23 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Odessa ranks 25,853 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,523 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 759 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Odessa and the insurance market
Odessa's low rating (18th 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 Odessa
Odessa's 60.8% 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 Odessa's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Odessa's 25,853-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Odessa's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.