Port Jervis, NY
Port Jervis wildfire risk explained
Port Jervis sits at the 57th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 3,167 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Port Jervis at the 55th percentile, close to its 57th-percentile risk score.
Port Jervis's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Port Jervis (93.8% of 3,167 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 6.2% sit in the Direct zone.
Port Jervis against the rest of the country
Compare Port Jervis's two percentiles: 98th within New York, only 57th nationally — a gap of 42 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Port Jervis ranks 13,682 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,207 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 25 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Port Jervis
Port Jervis's elevated wildfire rating (57th 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
Port Jervis's 93.8% 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 3,167 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Port Jervis. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Port Jervis, see the exposure-zones guide.