Depauville, NY
How exposed is Depauville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Depauville at the 13th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 403 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Depauville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Depauville's 403 counted buildings, 77.4% 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 Depauville compares
Depauville's 32nd-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 13th 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, Depauville ranks 27,329 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,155 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 875 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Depauville
At the 13th national percentile, Depauville 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 Depauville
Depauville's 77.4% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Depauville's 27,329-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Depauville, see the exposure-zones guide.