Smyrna, NY
Smyrna wildfire risk explained
Smyrna's 137 buildings earn a 12th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Smyrna's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 12th percentile nationally.
Where Smyrna's buildings actually sit
Of Smyrna's 137 counted buildings, 64.2% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Smyrna ranks
Compare Smyrna's two percentiles: 29th 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, Smyrna ranks 27,745 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,411 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 913 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Smyrna and the insurance market
Smyrna's low rating (12th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Smyrna'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 Smyrna's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Smyrna's 27,745-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Smyrna's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.