Flanders, NY
Flanders wildfire risk explained
Flanders's 1,968 buildings earn a 68th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Flanders's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 57th percentile nationally.
Flanders's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 50.7% of Flanders's 1,968 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 48.2% Direct and 1.1% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Flanders against the rest of the country
Compare Flanders's two percentiles: 100th within New York, only 68th nationally — a gap of 32 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Flanders ranks 10,123 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,566 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 2 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Flanders
At the 68th percentile nationally, Flanders carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Flanders
Flanders's 50.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Flanders's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,968 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Flanders. The exposure-zones guide covers what Flanders's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.