Wellsville, NY
Wellsville, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Wellsville sits at the 17th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,466 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wellsville at the 17th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Wellsville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 65.2% of Wellsville's 2,466 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 34.8% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Wellsville ranks
Within New York, Wellsville ranks higher (40th percentile) than it does nationally (17th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wellsville ranks 26,170 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,363 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 779 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wellsville
At the 17th national percentile, Wellsville 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 Wellsville
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Wellsville (65.2% 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
Wellsville's 17th-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 Wellsville, see the exposure-zones guide.