Salamanca, NY
How exposed is Salamanca to wildfire?
Salamanca sits at the 10th 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 2,809 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Salamanca at the 10th percentile, close to its 10th-percentile risk score.
Where Salamanca's buildings actually sit
2,809 buildings are counted in Salamanca, and 54.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 45.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Salamanca ranks
There's little gap between Salamanca's 10th national percentile and its 22nd 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, Salamanca ranks 28,533 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,748 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,008 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
Salamanca's low rating (10th 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 Salamanca
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Salamanca (54.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Salamanca's figures come from
Salamanca's 10th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Salamanca's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.