Wildfire risk in New York
New York: 62 counties covered
Across 62 New York counties, the average wildfire-risk percentile is 14 — but that average hides real spread between counties, which is why each community in this dataset gets its own page rather than one statewide number.
- Orange County, NY — 37th percentile, Moderate
- Suffolk County, NY — 35th percentile, Moderate
- Rockland County, NY — 34th percentile, Moderate
- Kings County, NY — 33rd percentile, Moderate
- Putnam County, NY — 32nd percentile, Moderate
- Sullivan County, NY — 32nd percentile, Moderate
- Ulster County, NY — 31st percentile, Moderate
- Queens County, NY — 27th percentile, Moderate
- Westchester County, NY — 26th percentile, Moderate
- Dutchess County, NY — 25th percentile, Moderate
- Richmond County, NY — 25th percentile, Moderate
- Chautauqua County, NY — 24th percentile, Moderate
- Nassau County, NY — 24th percentile, Moderate
- Steuben County, NY — 20th percentile, Moderate
- Chemung County, NY — 20th percentile, Low
- Bronx County, NY — 19th percentile, Low
- Greene County, NY — 19th percentile, Low
- Columbia County, NY — 16th percentile, Low
- Warren County, NY — 16th percentile, Low
- Saratoga County, NY — 16th percentile, Low
- New York County, NY — 14th percentile, Low
- Washington County, NY — 14th percentile, Low
- Schuyler County, NY — 14th percentile, Low
- Essex County, NY — 14th percentile, Low
- Tioga County, NY — 13th percentile, Low
- Albany County, NY — 13th percentile, Low
- Rensselaer County, NY — 12th percentile, Low
- Yates County, NY — 12th percentile, Low
- Erie County, NY — 12th percentile, Low
- Cattaraugus County, NY — 11th percentile, Low
- Delaware County, NY — 11th percentile, Low
- Schenectady County, NY — 11th percentile, Low
- Allegany County, NY — 11th percentile, Low
- Broome County, NY — 10th percentile, Low
- Ontario County, NY — 10th percentile, Low
- Tompkins County, NY — 10th percentile, Low
- Chenango County, NY — 9th percentile, Low
- Schoharie County, NY — 9th percentile, Low
- Clinton County, NY — 8th percentile, Low
- Fulton County, NY — 8th percentile, Low
- Otsego County, NY — 8th percentile, Low
- Cortland County, NY — 8th percentile, Low
- Hamilton County, NY — 8th percentile, Low
- Livingston County, NY — 8th percentile, Low
- Madison County, NY — 7th percentile, Low
- Montgomery County, NY — 7th percentile, Low
- Franklin County, NY — 7th percentile, Low
- St. Lawrence County, NY — 7th percentile, Low
- Onondaga County, NY — 6th percentile, Low
- Seneca County, NY — 5th percentile, Low
- Oswego County, NY — 5th percentile, Low
- Jefferson County, NY — 5th percentile, Low
- Wayne County, NY — 5th percentile, Low
- Wyoming County, NY — 4th percentile, Low
- Cayuga County, NY — 4th percentile, Low
- Monroe County, NY — 4th percentile, Low
- Oneida County, NY — 3rd percentile, Low
- Lewis County, NY — 3rd percentile, Low
- Genesee County, NY — 3rd percentile, Low
- Herkimer County, NY — 3rd percentile, Low
- Orleans County, NY — 3rd percentile, Low
- Niagara County, NY — 2nd percentile, Low
The 10 highest-risk places in New York on this site
Of the 1,289 New York communities WildfireRiskFinder covers, these rank highest for wildfire risk nationally:
- Northampton, NY — 71st percentile, High
- Flanders, NY — 68th percentile, High
- Westhampton, NY — 68th percentile, High
- Riverside (Suffolk), NY — 67th percentile, High
- Eastport, NY — 66th percentile, High
- Walker Valley, NY — 64th percentile, High
- Manorville, NY — 64th percentile, High
- Calverton, NY — 63rd percentile, High
- East Quogue, NY — 63rd percentile, High
- Remsenburg-Speonk, NY — 63rd percentile, High