Camillus, NY
How exposed is Camillus to wildfire?
USFS scores Camillus at the 8th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 450 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Camillus at the 8th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Camillus's building exposure, zone by zone
450 buildings are counted in Camillus, and 69.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 30.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Camillus ranks
Camillus scores 8th nationally and 16th 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, Camillus ranks 29,126 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,279 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,087 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Camillus and the insurance market
At the 8th national percentile, Camillus 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 Camillus
Camillus's 69.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 450 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Camillus. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Camillus, see the exposure-zones guide.