Newburgh, NY
Newburgh wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Newburgh lands at the 33rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 5,504 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Newburgh at the 33rd percentile, close to its 33rd-percentile risk score.
Where Newburgh's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 96.6% of Newburgh's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 3.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one. At 5,504 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Newburgh ranks
Within New York, Newburgh ranks higher (71st percentile) than it does nationally (33rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newburgh ranks 21,088 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,131 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 369 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Newburgh
At the 33rd national percentile, Newburgh 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
With 96.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Newburgh gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Newburgh's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,504 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Newburgh. The exposure-zones guide covers what Newburgh's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.