South Glens Falls, NY
South Glens Falls, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
South Glens Falls's 1,495 buildings earn a 29th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts South Glens Falls at the 25th percentile, close to its 29th-percentile risk score.
Where South Glens Falls's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 44.8% of South Glens Falls's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 10.7% Direct and 44.5% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
South Glens Falls against the rest of the country
South Glens Falls's 60th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 29th 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, South Glens Falls ranks 22,508 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,192 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 520 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 29th national percentile, South Glens Falls rates moderate 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
Even with 44.8% of South Glens Falls outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where South Glens Falls's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,495 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for South Glens Falls. The exposure-zones guide covers what South Glens Falls's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.