Red Hook, NY
Red Hook wildfire risk explained
Red Hook sits at the 27th 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 867 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Red Hook's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 27th percentile nationally.
Red Hook's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Red Hook (85.6% of 867 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 14.4% sit in the Direct zone.
How Red Hook compares
Within New York, Red Hook ranks higher (56th percentile) than it does nationally (27th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Red Hook ranks 22,981 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,015 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 564 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Red Hook and the insurance market
Red Hook's moderate rating (27th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 85.6% of Red Hook'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.
Where Red Hook's figures come from
Red Hook's 27th-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 Red Hook's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.