Claverack-Red Mills, NY
Claverack-Red Mills, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Claverack-Red Mills's 718 buildings earn a 22nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Claverack-Red Mills at the 21st percentile, close to its 22nd-percentile risk score.
Claverack-Red Mills's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Claverack-Red Mills's 718 counted buildings, 69.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Claverack-Red Mills compares
Claverack-Red Mills's 47th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 22nd 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, Claverack-Red Mills ranks 24,620 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,481 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 678 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Claverack-Red Mills's moderate rating (22nd 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 Claverack-Red Mills
With 69.4% of Claverack-Red Mills 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 Claverack-Red Mills's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 718 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Claverack-Red Mills. The exposure-zones guide covers what Claverack-Red Mills's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.