Rome, NY
Rome, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Rome sits at the 7th 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 14,082 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 Rome at the 7th percentile, close to its 7th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Rome (57.5% of 14,082 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 32.5% sit in the Direct zone. At 14,082 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Rome compares
There's little gap between Rome's 7th national percentile and its 12th 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, Rome ranks 29,419 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,066 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,137 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, Rome rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 57.5% of Rome'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 Rome's figures come from
Rome's 7th-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 Rome's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.