Wyoming, NY
Wyoming wildfire risk explained
Wyoming sits at the 5th 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 257 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wyoming at the 5th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Wyoming's buildings actually sit
Of Wyoming's 257 counted buildings, 77% 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 Wyoming ranks
There's little gap between Wyoming's 5th national percentile and its 6th 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, Wyoming ranks 29,926 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,921 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,225 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wyoming
Wyoming's low wildfire rating (5th 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 Wyoming
Because Direct exposure dominates in Wyoming (77%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Wyoming's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 257 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wyoming. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wyoming's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.