Nunda, NY
How exposed is Nunda to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Nunda lands at the 16th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 714 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Nunda at the 16th percentile, close to its 16th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Nunda: 57.1% of its 714 buildings, versus 8% Indirect and 34.9% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Nunda against the rest of the country
Nunda's 37th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 16th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nunda ranks 26,639 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,520 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 815 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Nunda and the insurance market
Nunda's low rating (16th 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 Nunda
With 57.1% of Nunda 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.
Where Nunda's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Nunda's 26,639-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Nunda's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.