Williamson, NY
How exposed is Williamson to wildfire?
Williamson's 1,308 buildings earn a 9th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Williamson at the 9th percentile, close to its 9th-percentile risk score.
Where Williamson's buildings actually sit
Of Williamson's 1,308 counted buildings, 71.6% carry Direct exposure and only 13.2% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Williamson compares
Williamson scores 9th nationally and 19th within New York — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Williamson ranks 28,816 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,035 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,044 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Williamson
Williamson's low rating (9th 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 Williamson (71.6%), 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
Williamson's 9th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Williamson, see the exposure-zones guide.