Fishkill, NY
Fishkill wildfire risk explained
Fishkill sits at the 36th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 618 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fishkill at the 35th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Fishkill's buildings actually sit
618 buildings are counted in Fishkill, and 94.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 5.5% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Fishkill compares
Within New York, Fishkill ranks higher (78th percentile) than it does nationally (36th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fishkill ranks 20,110 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,592 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 285 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Fishkill and the insurance market
At the 36th national percentile, Fishkill rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 94.5% of Fishkill's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 618 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Fishkill. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Fishkill, see the exposure-zones guide.