Hopewell Junction, NY
Hopewell Junction wildfire risk explained
Hopewell Junction's 386 buildings earn a 31st-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 Hopewell Junction at the 31st percentile, close to its 31st-percentile risk score.
Hopewell Junction's building exposure, zone by zone
65.5% of Hopewell Junction's 386 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 23.1% Direct and 11.4% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Hopewell Junction against the rest of the country
Hopewell Junction's 67th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 31st 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, Hopewell Junction ranks 21,692 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,499 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 429 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Hopewell Junction's moderate rating (31st 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
Hopewell Junction's 65.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Hopewell Junction's 21,692-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Hopewell Junction, see the exposure-zones guide.