Canastota, NY
Canastota, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Canastota sits at the 7th 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 1,935 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Canastota at the 7th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Canastota's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 32.4% of Canastota's 1,935 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 67.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Canastota against the rest of the country
Canastota scores 7th nationally and 13th 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, Canastota ranks 29,314 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,663 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,118 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
Canastota's low wildfire rating (7th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Canastota
With 67.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Canastota gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Canastota's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Canastota's 29,314-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Canastota's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.