Dolgeville, NY
Dolgeville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Dolgeville lands at the 7th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,149 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dolgeville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 7th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 72.3% of Dolgeville's 1,149 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 27.7% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Dolgeville against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Dolgeville's 7th national percentile and its 11th percentile inside New York, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dolgeville ranks 29,444 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,965 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,142 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Dolgeville and the insurance market
Dolgeville's low rating (7th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Dolgeville (72.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,149 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dolgeville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Dolgeville, see the exposure-zones guide.