Jefferson Valley-Yorktown, NY
Jefferson Valley-Yorktown, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Jefferson Valley-Yorktown at the 35th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 4,653 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Jefferson Valley-Yorktown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
Jefferson Valley-Yorktown's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Jefferson Valley-Yorktown's 4,653 counted buildings, 56% carry Direct exposure and only 5.8% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Jefferson Valley-Yorktown against the rest of the country
Within New York, Jefferson Valley-Yorktown ranks higher (76th percentile) than it does nationally (35th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jefferson Valley-Yorktown ranks 20,424 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,655 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 307 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Jefferson Valley-Yorktown and the insurance market
Jefferson Valley-Yorktown's moderate rating (35th 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 Valley-Yorktown
With 56% of Jefferson Valley-Yorktown in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Jefferson Valley-Yorktown's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,653 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Jefferson Valley-Yorktown. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jefferson Valley-Yorktown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.