Stittville, NY
Stittville wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Stittville at the 8th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 157 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Stittville at the 8th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
Where Stittville's buildings actually sit
157 buildings are counted in Stittville, and 100% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Stittville against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Stittville's 8th national percentile and its 16th percentile inside New York, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Stittville ranks 29,132 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,576 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,093 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Stittville
Stittville's low wildfire rating (8th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Stittville
With 100% of Stittville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 157 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Stittville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Stittville, see the exposure-zones guide.