Canisteo, NY
Canisteo wildfire risk explained
Canisteo sits at the 27th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,174 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 Canisteo at the 26th percentile, close to its 27th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,174 buildings are counted in Canisteo, and 69.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 30.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Canisteo ranks
Within New York, Canisteo ranks higher (57th percentile) than it does nationally (27th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Canisteo ranks 22,944 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,804 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 560 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
Canisteo's moderate rating (27th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Canisteo's 69.8% 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.
Where Canisteo's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,174 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Canisteo. The exposure-zones guide covers what Canisteo's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.