Cherry Valley, NY
Cherry Valley, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Cherry Valley's 360 buildings earn a 11th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Cherry Valley at the 11th percentile, close to its 11th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
76.1% of Cherry Valley's 360 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 274 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 23.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Cherry Valley against the rest of the country
Cherry Valley's 27th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 11th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cherry Valley ranks 27,990 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,062 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 937 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cherry Valley
Cherry Valley's low wildfire rating (11th 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 Cherry Valley
Because Direct exposure dominates in Cherry Valley (76.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Cherry Valley's figures come from
Cherry Valley's 11th-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 Cherry Valley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.