Burlington Flats, NY
Burlington Flats wildfire risk explained
Burlington Flats sits at the 18th 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 173 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Burlington Flats at the 19th percentile, close to its 18th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
173 buildings are counted in Burlington Flats, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Burlington Flats against the rest of the country
Within New York, Burlington Flats ranks higher (42nd percentile) than it does nationally (18th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Burlington Flats ranks 25,783 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,904 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 749 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Burlington Flats and the insurance market
Burlington Flats's low wildfire rating (18th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Burlington Flats's 100% 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 Burlington Flats's figures come from
Burlington Flats's 18th-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 Burlington Flats's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.