Pleasantville, NY
Pleasantville wildfire risk explained
Pleasantville 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 2,476 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pleasantville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
Pleasantville's building exposure, zone by zone
65.9% of Pleasantville's 2,476 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 31.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Pleasantville against the rest of the country
Compare Pleasantville's two percentiles: 79th within New York, only 37th nationally — a gap of 43 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pleasantville ranks 19,914 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,347 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 268 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Pleasantville and the insurance market
Pleasantville's moderate wildfire rating (37th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 65.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Pleasantville gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Pleasantville's figures come from
Pleasantville's 37th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pleasantville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.