Boonville, NY
How exposed is Boonville to wildfire?
Boonville 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 1,190 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Boonville at the 6th percentile, close to its 5th-percentile risk score.
Where Boonville's buildings actually sit
Most of Boonville's buildings (69.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Boonville against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Boonville'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, Boonville ranks 29,819 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,706 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,204 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 5th national percentile, Boonville rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Boonville (69.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Boonville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Boonville's 29,819-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Boonville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.