Cayuga, NY
How exposed is Cayuga to wildfire?
Cayuga sits at the 5th 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 278 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 Cayuga at the 5th percentile, close to its 5th-percentile risk score.
Cayuga's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Cayuga's 278 counted buildings, 59.7% carry Direct exposure and only 40.3% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Cayuga against the rest of the country
Cayuga's risk sits at a similar level relative to New York (4th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (5th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cayuga ranks 30,046 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,275 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,234 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cayuga
At the 5th national percentile, Cayuga 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 Cayuga
With 59.7% of Cayuga 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 Cayuga's figures come from
Cayuga's 5th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cayuga's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.