Apalachin, NY
Apalachin, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Apalachin lands at the 17th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,231 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Apalachin's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 17th percentile nationally.
Apalachin's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Apalachin: 63.4% of its 1,231 buildings, versus 36.6% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Apalachin ranks
Compare Apalachin's two percentiles: 40th within New York, only 17th nationally — a gap of 23 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Apalachin ranks 26,037 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,465 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 769 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Apalachin
Apalachin's low wildfire rating (17th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Apalachin's 63.4% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,231 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Apalachin. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Apalachin, see the exposure-zones guide.