Hortonville, NY
How exposed is Hortonville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hortonville at the 43rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 134 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hortonville at the 44th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Hortonville's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Hortonville: 82.8% of its 134 buildings, versus 17.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Hortonville against the rest of the country
Compare Hortonville's two percentiles: 88th within New York, only 43rd nationally — a gap of 45 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hortonville ranks 17,847 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,554 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 149 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hortonville
At the 43rd national percentile, Hortonville rates elevated 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
Hortonville's 82.8% 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 Hortonville's figures come from
Hortonville's 43rd-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 Hortonville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.