Nyack, NY
How exposed is Nyack to wildfire?
Nyack sits at the 33rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,622 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Nyack at the 31st national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Nyack's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 9% of Nyack's 1,622 buildings carry Direct exposure and 12.5% carry Indirect; the remaining 78.6% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Nyack compares
Nyack's 71st-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 33rd 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, Nyack ranks 21,089 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,685 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 370 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Nyack and the insurance market
Nyack's moderate rating (33rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 78.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Nyack gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Nyack's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Nyack's 21,089-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Nyack's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.