Brewerton, NY
Brewerton wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Brewerton lands at the 17th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,876 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 Brewerton at the 15th percentile, close to its 17th-percentile risk score.
Brewerton's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 47.4% of Brewerton's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 47.2% Indirect share and far above its 5.4% Minimal share — a profile where 889 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Brewerton against the rest of the country
Compare Brewerton'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, Brewerton ranks 26,193 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,834 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 781 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 17th national percentile, Brewerton rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Brewerton
With 47.4% of Brewerton 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 Brewerton's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,876 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brewerton. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brewerton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.