Greenville (Westchester), NY
How exposed is Greenville (Westchester) to wildfire?
Greenville (Westchester) sits at the 31st 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 2,113 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Greenville (Westchester)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
Where Greenville (Westchester)'s buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Greenville (Westchester): 52.8% of its 2,113 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 47.2% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Greenville (Westchester) compares
Compare Greenville (Westchester)'s two percentiles: 67th within New York, only 31st nationally — a gap of 36 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Greenville (Westchester) ranks 21,690 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,157 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 427 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Greenville (Westchester) and the insurance market
Greenville (Westchester)'s moderate rating (31st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Greenville (Westchester)
Greenville (Westchester)'s 52.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Greenville (Westchester)'s 31st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Greenville (Westchester), see the exposure-zones guide.