Canandaigua, NY
How exposed is Canandaigua to wildfire?
Canandaigua's 4,150 buildings earn a 9th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Canandaigua at the 9th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Canandaigua's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 28.8% of Canandaigua's 4,150 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 71.2% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Canandaigua compares
There's little gap between Canandaigua's 9th national percentile and its 20th 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, Canandaigua ranks 28,780 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,102 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,038 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Canandaigua
At the 9th national percentile, Canandaigua 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 71.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Canandaigua gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Canandaigua's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,150 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Canandaigua. The exposure-zones guide covers what Canandaigua's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.