Tillson, NY
Tillson, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Tillson at the 40th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 825 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 Tillson at the 41st percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
Where Tillson's buildings actually sit
825 buildings are counted in Tillson, and 65.3% 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.
Where Tillson ranks
Tillson's 85th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 40th 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, Tillson ranks 18,816 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,400 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 198 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
Tillson's elevated wildfire rating (40th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Tillson's 65.3% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Tillson's 40th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Tillson, see the exposure-zones guide.