Lacona, NY
Lacona, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lacona lands at the 8th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 388 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lacona's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 9th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Lacona's 388 counted buildings, 62.4% 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.
How Lacona compares
Lacona's risk sits at a similar level relative to New York (18th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (8th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lacona ranks 28,915 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,448 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,054 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lacona
Lacona's low rating (8th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Lacona
Lacona's 62.4% 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.
Where Lacona's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lacona's 28,915-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lacona's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.