DeKalb Junction, NY
DeKalb Junction, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
DeKalb Junction sits at the 13th 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 306 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, DeKalb Junction's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.
Where DeKalb Junction's buildings actually sit
70.3% of DeKalb Junction's 306 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 215 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 29.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
DeKalb Junction against the rest of the country
Within New York, DeKalb Junction ranks higher (33rd percentile) than it does nationally (13th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, DeKalb Junction ranks 27,300 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,478 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 865 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
At the 13th national percentile, DeKalb Junction 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
DeKalb Junction's 70.3% 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.
More on how this number was built
DeKalb Junction's 13th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond DeKalb Junction, see the exposure-zones guide.