Rushville, NY
Rushville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rushville lands at the 5th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 340 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rushville at the 5th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 66.8% of Rushville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 33.2% Minimal share — a profile where 227 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Rushville ranks
There's little gap between Rushville's 5th national percentile and its 6th 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, Rushville ranks 29,856 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,580 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,215 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Rushville and the insurance market
Rushville's low rating (5th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 66.8% of Rushville 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.
More on how this number was built
Rushville's 5th-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 Rushville, see the exposure-zones guide.