Hamilton College, NY
How exposed is Hamilton College to wildfire?
Hamilton College sits at the 8th 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 98 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hamilton College at the 8th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Hamilton College's buildings actually sit
98 buildings are counted in Hamilton College, and 62.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Hamilton College against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Hamilton College's 8th national percentile and its 15th percentile inside New York, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hamilton College ranks 29,162 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,140 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,098 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Hamilton College and the insurance market
Hamilton College's low rating (8th 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 Hamilton College
Hamilton College's 62.2% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 98 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hamilton College. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hamilton College, see the exposure-zones guide.