Livingston Manor, NY
Livingston Manor wildfire risk explained
Livingston Manor's 648 buildings earn a 30th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Livingston Manor at the 30th percentile, close to its 30th-percentile risk score.
Livingston Manor's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Livingston Manor: 65% of its 648 buildings, versus 35% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Livingston Manor against the rest of the country
Within New York, Livingston Manor ranks higher (63rd percentile) than it does nationally (30th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Livingston Manor ranks 22,164 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,223 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 479 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Livingston Manor and the insurance market
At the 30th national percentile, Livingston Manor rates moderate 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 Livingston Manor (65%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Livingston Manor's 22,164-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Livingston Manor, see the exposure-zones guide.