Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek, NY
How exposed is Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek lands at the 17th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,119 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek at the 17th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek's buildings actually sit
1,119 buildings are counted in Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek, and 86.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 3.1% rated Minimal.
Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek against the rest of the country
Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek's 39th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 17th 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, Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek ranks 26,260 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,160 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 787 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 Knolls-Mill Creek
At the 17th national percentile, Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 86.1% of Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek 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 Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,119 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek. The exposure-zones guide covers what Clifton Knolls-Mill Creek's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.