Harris Hill, NY
Harris Hill, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Harris Hill at the 2nd national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 2,684 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Harris Hill at the 2nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
2,684 buildings are counted in Harris Hill, and 59.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 40.5% rated Minimal.
Harris Hill against the rest of the country
Harris Hill's risk sits at a similar level relative to New York (1st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (2nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Harris Hill ranks 30,803 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,958 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,282 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Harris Hill and the insurance market
At the 2nd national percentile, Harris Hill rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Harris Hill's 59.5% 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.
Where Harris Hill's figures come from
Harris Hill's 2nd-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 Harris Hill's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.