Pine Valley, NY
Pine Valley, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Pine Valley at the 27th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 476 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pine Valley at the 27th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Pine Valley's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 69.5% of Pine Valley's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 30.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 331 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Pine Valley ranks
Pine Valley's 55th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 27th 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, Pine Valley ranks 23,110 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,788 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 576 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pine Valley
At the 27th national percentile, Pine Valley rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Pine Valley
With 69.5% of Pine Valley in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Pine Valley's 27th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Pine Valley, see the exposure-zones guide.