Groveland Station, NY
Groveland Station wildfire risk explained
Groveland Station's 163 buildings earn a 16th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Groveland Station at the 15th percentile, close to its 16th-percentile risk score.
Groveland Station's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Groveland Station's 163 counted buildings, 90.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Groveland Station ranks
Compare Groveland Station's two percentiles: 38th within New York, only 16th nationally — a gap of 22 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Groveland Station ranks 26,477 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,293 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 806 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Groveland Station
Groveland Station's low rating (16th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 90.8% of Groveland Station in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Groveland Station's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Groveland Station's 26,477-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Groveland Station's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.