Rock Hill, NY
How exposed is Rock Hill to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rock Hill lands at the 46th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,728 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Rock Hill at the 46th percentile, close to its 46th-percentile risk score.
Where Rock Hill's buildings actually sit
Of Rock Hill's 1,728 counted buildings, 82% carry Direct exposure and only 3.9% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Rock Hill ranks
Rock Hill's 91st-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 46th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rock Hill ranks 17,055 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,313 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 123 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rock Hill
Rock Hill's elevated rating (46th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Rock Hill
Because Direct exposure dominates in Rock Hill (82%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,728 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rock Hill. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Rock Hill, see the exposure-zones guide.