Sinclairville, NY
How exposed is Sinclairville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Sinclairville lands at the 37th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 373 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 Sinclairville at the 39th percentile, close to its 37th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Sinclairville: 78.8% of its 373 buildings, versus 21.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Sinclairville against the rest of the country
Within New York, Sinclairville ranks higher (80th percentile) than it does nationally (37th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sinclairville ranks 19,826 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,810 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 259 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sinclairville
Sinclairville's moderate rating (37th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Sinclairville (78.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Sinclairville's 19,826-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Sinclairville, see the exposure-zones guide.