Angola on the Lake, NY
How exposed is Angola on the Lake to wildfire?
USFS scores Angola on the Lake at the 39th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,154 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Angola on the Lake's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
Angola on the Lake's building exposure, zone by zone
1,154 buildings are counted in Angola on the Lake, and 75.9% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 23.1% rated Minimal.
Angola on the Lake against the rest of the country
Compare Angola on the Lake's two percentiles: 82nd within New York, only 39th nationally — a gap of 43 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Angola on the Lake ranks 19,349 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,924 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 232 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 39th national percentile, Angola on the Lake rates moderate 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
Angola on the Lake's 75.9% 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.
Where Angola on the Lake's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Angola on the Lake's 19,349-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Angola on the Lake's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.