Pleasant Valley, NY
How exposed is Pleasant Valley to wildfire?
Pleasant Valley sits at the 37th 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 512 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pleasant Valley at the 37th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Pleasant Valley's buildings actually sit
Most of Pleasant Valley's buildings (51%) 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.
Pleasant Valley against the rest of the country
Within New York, Pleasant Valley ranks higher (79th percentile) than it does nationally (37th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pleasant Valley ranks 19,981 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,153 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 274 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pleasant Valley
At the 37th national percentile, Pleasant 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 Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley's 51% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 512 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pleasant Valley. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Pleasant Valley, see the exposure-zones guide.