Witherbee, NY
Witherbee, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Witherbee lands at the 21st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 175 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Witherbee at the 21st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Witherbee's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Witherbee: 63.4% of its 175 buildings, versus 36.6% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Witherbee ranks
Witherbee's 46th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 21st national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Witherbee ranks 25,031 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,828 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 701 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Witherbee
Witherbee's moderate rating (21st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Witherbee
With 63.4% of Witherbee 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 Witherbee's 25,031-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Witherbee, see the exposure-zones guide.