Jefferson Heights, NY
How exposed is Jefferson Heights to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Jefferson Heights lands at the 28th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 458 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Jefferson Heights's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 27th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 46.9% of Jefferson Heights's 458 buildings carry Direct exposure and 3.3% carry Indirect; the remaining 49.8% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Jefferson Heights against the rest of the country
Jefferson Heights's 59th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 28th 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, Jefferson Heights ranks 22,607 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,106 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 527 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
Jefferson Heights's moderate rating (28th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Jefferson Heights
With 49.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Jefferson Heights 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
Jefferson Heights's 28th-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 Jefferson Heights, see the exposure-zones guide.