Lewiston, NY
Lewiston, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lewiston at the 4th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,298 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lewiston at the 4th percentile, close to its 4th-percentile risk score.
Where Lewiston's buildings actually sit
57.2% of Lewiston's 1,298 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 23.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Lewiston compares
There's little gap between Lewiston's 4th national percentile and its 4th 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, Lewiston ranks 30,142 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,086 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,240 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Lewiston and the insurance market
Lewiston's low rating (4th 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 Lewiston
Lewiston's 57.2% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Lewiston's figures come from
Lewiston's 4th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lewiston's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.