Parish, NY
How exposed is Parish to wildfire?
Parish 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 306 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Parish's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
Parish's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 78.8% of Parish's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 21.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 241 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Parish compares
Within New York, Parish ranks higher (27th 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, Parish ranks 28,024 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,480 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 946 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Parish
Parish's low wildfire rating (11th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Parish's 78.8% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 306 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Parish. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Parish, see the exposure-zones guide.