Fabius, NY
Fabius wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Fabius lands at the 8th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 218 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Fabius's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 8th percentile nationally.
Where Fabius's buildings actually sit
Of Fabius's 218 counted buildings, 78% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Fabius ranks
Fabius scores 8th nationally and 18th 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, Fabius ranks 28,940 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,210 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,057 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fabius
At the 8th national percentile, Fabius rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Fabius's 78% 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 Fabius's 28,940-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Fabius, see the exposure-zones guide.