Peekskill, NY
Peekskill, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Peekskill lands at the 41st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 4,810 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Peekskill at the 39th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Peekskill's buildings (84%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Peekskill ranks
Peekskill's 85th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 41st 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, Peekskill ranks 18,753 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,549 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 192 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Peekskill and the insurance market
Peekskill's elevated wildfire rating (41st 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.
Hardening a home in Peekskill
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Peekskill (84% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Peekskill's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,810 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Peekskill. The exposure-zones guide covers what Peekskill's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.