Schuyler Lake, NY
Schuyler Lake, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Schuyler Lake's 221 buildings earn a 19th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Schuyler Lake at the 19th percentile, close to its 19th-percentile risk score.
Where Schuyler Lake's buildings actually sit
Of Schuyler Lake's 221 counted buildings, 96.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Schuyler Lake compares
Within New York, Schuyler Lake ranks higher (42nd percentile) than it does nationally (19th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Schuyler Lake ranks 25,694 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,089 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 742 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Schuyler Lake and the insurance market
At the 19th national percentile, Schuyler Lake rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Schuyler Lake (96.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Schuyler Lake's figures come from
Schuyler Lake's 19th-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 Schuyler Lake's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.