Jamestown West, NY
Jamestown West wildfire risk explained
Jamestown West's 1,261 buildings earn a 34th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Jamestown West at the 36th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Jamestown West's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Jamestown West: 50% of its 1,261 buildings, versus 1.7% Indirect and 48.2% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Jamestown West compares
Compare Jamestown West's two percentiles: 75th within New York, only 34th nationally — a gap of 40 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jamestown West ranks 20,681 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,293 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 330 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Jamestown West and the insurance market
Jamestown West's moderate rating (34th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 50% of Jamestown West 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
Jamestown West's 34th-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 Jamestown West, see the exposure-zones guide.