Northeast Ithaca, NY
Northeast Ithaca wildfire risk explained
Northeast Ithaca sits at the 11th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 792 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Northeast Ithaca's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
Northeast Ithaca's building exposure, zone by zone
792 buildings are counted in Northeast Ithaca, and 73.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 17.3% rated Minimal.
How Northeast Ithaca compares
Within New York, Northeast Ithaca ranks higher (26th percentile) than it does nationally (11th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Northeast Ithaca ranks 28,151 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,713 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 962 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Northeast Ithaca's low rating (11th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Northeast Ithaca (73.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Northeast Ithaca's 11th-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 Northeast Ithaca, see the exposure-zones guide.