Castleton-on-Hudson, NY
Castleton-on-Hudson, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Castleton-on-Hudson's 590 buildings earn a 19th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Castleton-on-Hudson at the 18th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Castleton-on-Hudson's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 31.2% of Castleton-on-Hudson's 590 buildings carry Direct exposure and 1.2% carry Indirect; the remaining 67.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Castleton-on-Hudson ranks
Compare Castleton-on-Hudson's two percentiles: 43rd within New York, only 19th nationally — a gap of 24 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Castleton-on-Hudson ranks 25,503 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,967 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 727 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Castleton-on-Hudson
At the 19th national percentile, Castleton-on-Hudson rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Castleton-on-Hudson
With 67.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Castleton-on-Hudson gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Castleton-on-Hudson's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 590 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Castleton-on-Hudson. The exposure-zones guide covers what Castleton-on-Hudson's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.