Pulaski, NY
How exposed is Pulaski to wildfire?
Pulaski sits at the 10th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,129 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pulaski's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 10th percentile nationally.
Where Pulaski's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 52.2% of Pulaski's 1,129 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 47.8% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Pulaski compares
There's little gap between Pulaski's 10th national percentile and its 23rd percentile inside New York, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pulaski ranks 28,440 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,089 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 996 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pulaski
Pulaski's low wildfire rating (10th 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
Because 52.2% of Pulaski's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pulaski's 28,440-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Pulaski, see the exposure-zones guide.