Jacksonville, NY
Jacksonville wildfire risk explained
Jacksonville's 421 buildings earn a 8th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Jacksonville at the 7th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
Where Jacksonville's buildings actually sit
421 buildings are counted in Jacksonville, and 94.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 5.2% rated Minimal.
Where Jacksonville ranks
There's little gap between Jacksonville's 8th national percentile and its 17th percentile inside New York, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jacksonville ranks 29,065 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,805 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,077 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Jacksonville
At the 8th national percentile, Jacksonville 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Jacksonville (94.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Jacksonville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 421 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Jacksonville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jacksonville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.