Fonda, NY
How exposed is Fonda to wildfire?
USFS scores Fonda at the 12th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 408 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fonda at the 12th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Fonda's buildings actually sit
83.6% of Fonda's 408 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 16.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Fonda against the rest of the country
Fonda's 28th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 12th 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, Fonda ranks 27,865 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,068 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 925 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fonda
Fonda's low wildfire rating (12th 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 Fonda
Because 83.6% of Fonda'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.
Where Fonda's figures come from
Fonda's 12th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fonda's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.