Hudson Falls, NY
How exposed is Hudson Falls to wildfire?
Hudson Falls's 2,778 buildings earn a 24th-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 Hudson Falls at the 23rd percentile, close to its 24th-percentile risk score.
Where Hudson Falls's buildings actually sit
Most of Hudson Falls's buildings (57.6% of 2,778) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Hudson Falls compares
Within New York, Hudson Falls ranks higher (51st percentile) than it does nationally (24th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hudson Falls ranks 23,928 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,808 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 635 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hudson Falls
Hudson Falls's moderate rating (24th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 57.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Hudson Falls gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Hudson Falls's 24th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Hudson Falls, see the exposure-zones guide.