Clarence Center, NY
How exposed is Clarence Center to wildfire?
Clarence Center sits at the 4th 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 1,089 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 Clarence Center at the 4th percentile, close to its 4th-percentile risk score.
Clarence Center's building exposure, zone by zone
55.4% of Clarence Center's 1,089 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 603 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 44.6% are Minimal.
How Clarence Center compares
Clarence Center scores 4th nationally and 2nd 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, Clarence Center ranks 30,389 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,345 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,258 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Clarence Center and the insurance market
At the 4th national percentile, Clarence Center 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 55.4% of Clarence Center 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,089 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Clarence Center. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Clarence Center, see the exposure-zones guide.