Mount Ivy, NY
Mount Ivy wildfire risk explained
Mount Ivy's 1,207 buildings earn a 42nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mount Ivy at the 39th percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 52.3% of Mount Ivy's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 12.2% Direct and 35.5% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How Mount Ivy compares
Mount Ivy's 87th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 42nd 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, Mount Ivy ranks 18,438 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,610 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 173 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
At the 42nd national percentile, Mount Ivy rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Mount Ivy
Even with 52.3% of Mount Ivy outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Mount Ivy's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mount Ivy's 18,438-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mount Ivy's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.