Plessis, NY
Plessis, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Plessis at the 9th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 94 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Plessis at the 9th percentile, close to its 9th-percentile risk score.
Plessis's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Plessis: 72.3% of its 94 buildings, versus 27.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Plessis ranks
Plessis's risk sits at a similar level relative to New York (21st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (9th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Plessis ranks 28,660 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,328 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,025 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
Plessis's low rating (9th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Plessis's 72.3% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Plessis's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Plessis's 28,660-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Plessis's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.