Nelsonville, NY
Nelsonville, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Nelsonville's 293 buildings earn a 52nd-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Nelsonville at the 50th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Nelsonville's buildings actually sit
Of Nelsonville's 293 counted buildings, 52.6% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Nelsonville compares
Within New York, Nelsonville ranks higher (96th percentile) than it does nationally (52nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nelsonville ranks 15,259 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,833 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 51 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Nelsonville
At the 52nd national percentile, Nelsonville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Nelsonville's 52.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 293 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Nelsonville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Nelsonville, see the exposure-zones guide.