Gainesville, NY
Gainesville, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Gainesville at the 8th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 164 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Gainesville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 7th percentile nationally.
Gainesville's building exposure, zone by zone
70.7% of Gainesville's 164 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 116 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 15.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 13.4% are Minimal.
Gainesville against the rest of the country
Gainesville 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, Gainesville ranks 28,941 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,260 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,058 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gainesville
At the 8th national percentile, Gainesville rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Gainesville
With 70.7% of Gainesville 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 Gainesville's 28,941-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Gainesville, see the exposure-zones guide.