Hillside, NY
Hillside wildfire risk explained
Hillside's 410 buildings earn a 28th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hillside at the 29th percentile, close to its 28th-percentile risk score.
Hillside's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Hillside: 83.7% of its 410 buildings, versus 0.5% Indirect and 15.9% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Hillside ranks
Within New York, Hillside ranks higher (59th percentile) than it does nationally (28th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hillside ranks 22,571 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,033 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 523 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Hillside and the insurance market
Hillside's moderate wildfire rating (28th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Hillside
With 83.7% of Hillside 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 Hillside's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hillside's 22,571-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Hillside's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.