Sherburne, NY
Sherburne wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Sherburne lands at the 19th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 720 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 Sherburne at the 19th percentile, close to its 19th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
60.6% of Sherburne's 720 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 39.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Sherburne compares
Sherburne's 43rd-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 19th 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, Sherburne ranks 25,661 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,454 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 740 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sherburne
Sherburne's low rating (19th 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Sherburne (60.6% 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
Sherburne's 19th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Sherburne, see the exposure-zones guide.