Wolcott, NY
How exposed is Wolcott to wildfire?
USFS scores Wolcott at the 8th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 819 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wolcott at the 8th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Wolcott's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 64.2% of Wolcott's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 35.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 526 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Wolcott against the rest of the country
Wolcott scores 8th nationally and 18th 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, Wolcott ranks 28,976 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,465 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,066 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Wolcott and the insurance market
At the 8th national percentile, Wolcott 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 Wolcott
Wolcott's 64.2% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 819 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wolcott. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Wolcott, see the exposure-zones guide.