Almond, NY
How exposed is Almond to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Almond at the 19th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 284 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Almond at the 20th percentile, close to its 19th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
90.9% of Almond's 284 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 258 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 9.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Almond compares
Almond's 44th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 19th 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, Almond ranks 25,411 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,065 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 723 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Almond
Almond's low rating (19th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 90.9% of Almond 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 284 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Almond. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Almond, see the exposure-zones guide.