Argyle, NY
Argyle, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Argyle at the 23rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 182 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Argyle at the 23rd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Argyle's building exposure, zone by zone
182 buildings are counted in Argyle, and 52.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 47.3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Argyle ranks
Argyle's 48th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 23rd 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, Argyle ranks 24,364 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,551 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 663 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Argyle and the insurance market
Argyle's moderate rating (23rd 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Argyle (52.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Argyle's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Argyle's 24,364-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Argyle's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.