Averill Park, NY
Averill Park, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Averill Park sits at the 19th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,103 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Averill Park at the 18th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 67.3% of Averill Park's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 32.3% Indirect share and far above its 0.5% Minimal share — a profile where 742 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Averill Park compares
Averill Park's 43rd-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, Averill Park ranks 25,534 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,263 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 731 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Averill Park and the insurance market
Averill Park'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.
Hardening a home in Averill Park
Averill Park's 67.3% 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 Averill Park's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,103 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Averill Park. The exposure-zones guide covers what Averill Park's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.