Jordan, NY
How exposed is Jordan to wildfire?
USFS scores Jordan at the 9th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 639 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Jordan at the 8th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
639 buildings are counted in Jordan, and 54.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 45.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Jordan compares
Jordan's risk sits at a similar level relative to New York (20th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (9th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Jordan ranks 28,749 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,344 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,034 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
Jordan's low wildfire rating (9th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 54.8% of Jordan's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Jordan's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 639 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Jordan. The exposure-zones guide covers what Jordan's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.