Sleepy Hollow, NY
Sleepy Hollow wildfire risk explained
Sleepy Hollow's 1,662 buildings earn a 42nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Sleepy Hollow at the 40th percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
Where Sleepy Hollow's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 80.2% of Sleepy Hollow's 1,662 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 19.6% Direct and 0.2% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Sleepy Hollow against the rest of the country
Sleepy Hollow's 87th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 42nd 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, Sleepy Hollow ranks 18,254 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,556 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 166 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sleepy Hollow
At the 42nd national percentile, Sleepy Hollow rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 80.2% of Sleepy Hollow'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 Sleepy Hollow's figures come from
Sleepy Hollow's 42nd-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 Sleepy Hollow's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.