Perry, NY
How exposed is Perry to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Perry at the 4th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 1,826 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 Perry at the 4th percentile, close to its 4th-percentile risk score.
Where Perry's buildings actually sit
1,826 buildings are counted in Perry, and 60.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 29.7% in Direct exposure or the 10% rated Minimal.
Perry against the rest of the country
Perry scores 4th nationally and 3rd within New York — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Perry ranks 30,330 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,991 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,252 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Perry and the insurance market
At the 4th national percentile, Perry rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Perry (60.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Perry's 30,330-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Perry, see the exposure-zones guide.