Clarence, NY
Clarence wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Clarence at the 4th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,165 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Clarence's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
Where Clarence's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 81.3% of Clarence's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 18.7% Minimal share — a profile where 947 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Clarence ranks
There's little gap between Clarence's 4th national percentile and its 2nd percentile inside New York, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clarence ranks 30,388 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,870 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,257 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Clarence
Clarence's low rating (4th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Clarence
With 81.3% of Clarence 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
Clarence's 4th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Clarence, see the exposure-zones guide.