Williamsville, NY
How exposed is Williamsville to wildfire?
Williamsville sits at the 11th 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 2,581 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Williamsville at the 14th percentile, close to its 11th-percentile risk score.
Where Williamsville's buildings actually sit
Only 20.9% of Williamsville's 2,581 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 79.1% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Williamsville against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Williamsville's 11th national percentile and its 25th percentile inside New York, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Williamsville ranks 28,216 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,136 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 973 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Williamsville
At the 11th national percentile, Williamsville rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 79.1% of Williamsville outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Williamsville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Williamsville's 28,216-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Williamsville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.