Tarrytown, NY
Tarrytown wildfire risk explained
Tarrytown's 2,328 buildings earn a 39th-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 Tarrytown at the 38th percentile, close to its 39th-percentile risk score.
Where Tarrytown's buildings actually sit
Most of Tarrytown's buildings (46.8% of 2,328) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Tarrytown ranks
Within New York, Tarrytown ranks higher (83rd percentile) than it does nationally (39th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tarrytown ranks 19,196 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,648 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 222 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Tarrytown
At the 39th national percentile, Tarrytown rates moderate 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
Even with 46.8% of Tarrytown 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 Tarrytown's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Tarrytown's 19,196-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Tarrytown's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.