Cohocton, NY
How exposed is Cohocton to wildfire?
Cohocton sits at the 17th 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 544 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 Cohocton at the 17th percentile, close to its 17th-percentile risk score.
Where Cohocton's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Cohocton: 76.5% of its 544 buildings, versus 23.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Cohocton ranks
Cohocton's 39th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 17th 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, Cohocton ranks 26,224 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,659 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 783 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cohocton
At the 17th national percentile, Cohocton rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 76.5% of Cohocton 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cohocton's 26,224-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Cohocton, see the exposure-zones guide.