Plattekill, NY
Plattekill, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Plattekill lands at the 45th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 553 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 Plattekill at the 45th percentile, close to its 45th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Plattekill's 553 counted buildings, 95.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Plattekill compares
Within New York, Plattekill ranks higher (90th percentile) than it does nationally (45th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Plattekill ranks 17,336 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,528 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 134 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Plattekill and the insurance market
At the 45th national percentile, Plattekill rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 95.8% of Plattekill 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Plattekill's 17,336-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Plattekill, see the exposure-zones guide.