East Frankfort, NY
How exposed is East Frankfort to wildfire?
USFS scores East Frankfort at the 6th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 307 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts East Frankfort at the 6th percentile, close to its 6th-percentile risk score.
East Frankfort's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in East Frankfort (50.5% of 307 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 49.5% sit in the Direct zone.
Where East Frankfort ranks
East Frankfort's risk sits at a similar level relative to New York (10th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (6th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Frankfort ranks 29,603 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,447 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,162 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
East Frankfort's low wildfire rating (6th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in East Frankfort
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in East Frankfort (50.5% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind East Frankfort's 29,603-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond East Frankfort, see the exposure-zones guide.