Avon, NY
How exposed is Avon to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Avon lands at the 3rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,441 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Avon at the 3rd percentile, close to its 3rd-percentile risk score.
Where Avon's buildings actually sit
Of Avon's 1,441 counted buildings, 53.7% carry Direct exposure and only 46.3% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Avon compares
Avon scores 3rd nationally and 1st within New York — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Avon ranks 30,552 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,425 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,271 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Avon and the insurance market
Avon's low rating (3rd 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Avon (53.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Avon's figures come from
Avon's 3rd-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 Avon's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.