Clifton Gardens, NY
How exposed is Clifton Gardens to wildfire?
Clifton Gardens's 785 buildings earn a 14th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Clifton Gardens's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.
Clifton Gardens's building exposure, zone by zone
785 buildings are counted in Clifton Gardens, and 76.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 7.6% rated Minimal.
Clifton Gardens against the rest of the country
Within New York, Clifton Gardens ranks higher (34th percentile) than it does nationally (14th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clifton Gardens ranks 26,985 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,769 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 848 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Clifton Gardens
Clifton Gardens's low rating (14th 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 Clifton Gardens
Clifton Gardens's 76.2% 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 Clifton Gardens's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Clifton Gardens's 26,985-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Clifton Gardens's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.