Bloomingburg, NY
Bloomingburg wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Bloomingburg at the 54th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 222 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bloomingburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 54th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 75.7% of Bloomingburg's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 24.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 168 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Bloomingburg compares
Within New York, Bloomingburg ranks higher (97th percentile) than it does nationally (54th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bloomingburg ranks 14,506 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,058 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 39 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bloomingburg
Bloomingburg's elevated wildfire rating (54th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Bloomingburg
Because Direct exposure dominates in Bloomingburg (75.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bloomingburg's 14,506-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bloomingburg, see the exposure-zones guide.