Clarkson, NY
Clarkson, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Clarkson at the 9th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,751 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Clarkson at the 9th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Clarkson's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 70.8% of Clarkson's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 23.9% Indirect share and far above its 5.3% Minimal share — a profile where 1,240 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Clarkson compares
Clarkson scores 9th nationally and 19th 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, Clarkson ranks 28,781 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,220 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,039 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
Clarkson's low wildfire rating (9th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Clarkson's 70.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Clarkson's 28,781-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Clarkson, see the exposure-zones guide.