Ellicottville, NY
Ellicottville, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Ellicottville sits at the 9th 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 641 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ellicottville at the 10th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Ellicottville's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Ellicottville's buildings (64.1%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Ellicottville ranks
Ellicottville scores 9th nationally and 22nd 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, Ellicottville ranks 28,563 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,310 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,009 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ellicottville
Ellicottville'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
Ellicottville's 64.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Ellicottville's figures come from
Ellicottville's 9th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ellicottville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.