Piermont, NY
Piermont, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Piermont lands at the 36th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 703 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Piermont's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 34th percentile nationally.
Piermont's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 56.9% of Piermont's 703 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 36.4% Direct and 6.7% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Piermont compares
Within New York, Piermont ranks higher (77th percentile) than it does nationally (36th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Piermont ranks 20,206 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,623 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 293 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Piermont's moderate rating (36th 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
Piermont's 56.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Piermont's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Piermont's 20,206-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Piermont's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.