Sodus Point, NY
Sodus Point wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Sodus Point lands at the 11th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 945 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sodus Point's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Sodus Point: 50.6% of its 945 buildings, versus 23.3% Indirect and 26.1% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Sodus Point against the rest of the country
Compare Sodus Point's two percentiles: 26th within New York, only 11th nationally — a gap of 15 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sodus Point ranks 28,091 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,344 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 956 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sodus Point
Sodus Point's low rating (11th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Sodus Point's 50.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Sodus Point's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 945 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sodus Point. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sodus Point's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.