Hannibal, NY
Hannibal wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hannibal lands at the 8th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 340 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hannibal at the 8th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 79.1% of Hannibal's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 20.9% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 269 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Hannibal against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Hannibal's 8th national percentile and its 18th percentile inside New York, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hannibal ranks 28,914 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,578 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,053 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Hannibal and the insurance market
At the 8th national percentile, Hannibal 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 Hannibal
With 79.1% of Hannibal 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
Hannibal's 8th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hannibal, see the exposure-zones guide.