St. Bonaventure, NY
St. Bonaventure wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, St. Bonaventure lands at the 12th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 381 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks St. Bonaventure at the 12th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 50.9% of St. Bonaventure's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 48.8% Indirect share and far above its 0.3% Minimal share — a profile where 194 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How St. Bonaventure compares
Within New York, St. Bonaventure ranks higher (30th percentile) than it does nationally (12th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. Bonaventure ranks 27,678 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,629 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 907 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in St. Bonaventure
At the 12th national percentile, St. Bonaventure 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 St. Bonaventure
With 50.9% of St. Bonaventure in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind St. Bonaventure's 27,678-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond St. Bonaventure, see the exposure-zones guide.