Bolton Landing, NY
How exposed is Bolton Landing to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bolton Landing lands at the 25th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 701 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bolton Landing at the 25th percentile, close to its 25th-percentile risk score.
Bolton Landing's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Bolton Landing: 60.8% of its 701 buildings, versus 35.4% Indirect and 3.9% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Bolton Landing against the rest of the country
Bolton Landing's 53rd-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 25th 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, Bolton Landing ranks 23,549 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,648 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 601 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Bolton Landing and the insurance market
Bolton Landing's moderate rating (25th 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 60.8% of Bolton Landing 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.
Where Bolton Landing's figures come from
Bolton Landing's 25th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bolton Landing's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.