Hoosick Falls, NY
How exposed is Hoosick Falls to wildfire?
Hoosick Falls sits at the 22nd 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 1,585 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hoosick Falls at the 22nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Hoosick Falls's buildings actually sit
77.5% of Hoosick Falls's 1,585 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 22.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Hoosick Falls against the rest of the country
Hoosick Falls's 48th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 22nd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hoosick Falls ranks 24,560 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,812 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 674 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Hoosick Falls and the insurance market
At the 22nd national percentile, Hoosick Falls rates moderate 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Hoosick Falls (77.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Hoosick Falls's 22nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Hoosick Falls, see the exposure-zones guide.