Sherrill, NY
Sherrill, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Sherrill lands at the 8th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,522 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 Sherrill at the 8th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
Where Sherrill's buildings actually sit
Only 32.4% of Sherrill's 1,522 buildings carry Direct exposure and 32.9% carry Indirect; the remaining 34.8% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Sherrill against the rest of the country
Sherrill's risk sits at a similar level relative to New York (18th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (8th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sherrill ranks 28,944 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,074 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,061 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sherrill
At the 8th national percentile, Sherrill rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Sherrill
Even with 34.8% of Sherrill outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,522 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sherrill. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Sherrill, see the exposure-zones guide.