Newark Valley, NY
How exposed is Newark Valley to wildfire?
Newark Valley's 567 buildings earn a 24th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Newark Valley's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 24th percentile nationally.
Newark Valley's building exposure, zone by zone
567 buildings are counted in Newark Valley, and 52.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Newark Valley ranks
Newark Valley's 50th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 24th 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, Newark Valley ranks 24,118 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,298 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 647 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Newark Valley and the insurance market
Newark Valley's moderate wildfire rating (24th 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
Newark Valley's 52.4% 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.
Where Newark Valley's figures come from
Newark Valley's 24th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Newark Valley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.