Frankfort, NY
Frankfort, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Frankfort sits at the 6th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,129 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Frankfort's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 6th percentile nationally.
Frankfort's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Frankfort (84.8% of 1,129 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 15.2% sit in the Direct zone.
How Frankfort compares
Frankfort's risk sits at a similar level relative to New York (9th 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, Frankfort ranks 29,637 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,088 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,167 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Frankfort and the insurance market
At the 6th national percentile, Frankfort rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Frankfort
Because 84.8% of Frankfort'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 Frankfort's figures come from
Frankfort's 6th-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 Frankfort's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.