Interlaken, NY
Interlaken wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Interlaken at the 5th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 335 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Interlaken at the 5th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Interlaken's building exposure, zone by zone
59.7% of Interlaken's 335 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 36.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Interlaken ranks
Interlaken scores 5th nationally and 4th within New York — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Interlaken ranks 30,015 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,703 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,231 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Interlaken and the insurance market
At the 5th national percentile, Interlaken rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Interlaken's 59.7% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 335 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Interlaken. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Interlaken, see the exposure-zones guide.