Dannemora, NY
How exposed is Dannemora to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Dannemora lands at the 15th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 619 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dannemora at the 15th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Dannemora's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 67.5% of Dannemora's 619 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 32.5% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Dannemora against the rest of the country
Within New York, Dannemora ranks higher (36th percentile) than it does nationally (15th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dannemora ranks 26,758 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,573 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 829 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
Dannemora's low wildfire rating (15th 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
Because 67.5% of Dannemora's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Dannemora's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dannemora's 26,758-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dannemora's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.