Unadilla Forks, NY
Unadilla Forks, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Unadilla Forks at the 9th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 222 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Unadilla Forks at the 9th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 84.2% of Unadilla Forks's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 15.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 187 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Unadilla Forks compares
There's little gap between Unadilla Forks's 9th national percentile and its 21st 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, Unadilla Forks ranks 28,661 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,059 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,026 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Unadilla Forks
Unadilla Forks's low wildfire rating (9th 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
With 84.2% of Unadilla Forks 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.
Where Unadilla Forks's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Unadilla Forks's 28,661-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Unadilla Forks's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.