Youngstown, NY
Youngstown, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Youngstown lands at the 4th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 883 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Youngstown at the 4th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Youngstown's buildings actually sit
58.8% of Youngstown's 883 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 519 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 41.2% are Minimal.
Youngstown against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Youngstown's 4th national percentile and its 4th 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, Youngstown ranks 30,170 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,879 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,242 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Youngstown
At the 4th national percentile, Youngstown rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 58.8% of Youngstown in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Youngstown's figures come from
Youngstown's 4th-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 Youngstown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.