Upper Red Hook, NY
Upper Red Hook, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Upper Red Hook at the 28th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 97 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Upper Red Hook's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 27th percentile nationally.
Upper Red Hook's building exposure, zone by zone
93.8% of Upper Red Hook's 97 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 91 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 6.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Upper Red Hook compares
Compare Upper Red Hook's two percentiles: 58th within New York, only 28th nationally — a gap of 30 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Upper Red Hook ranks 22,824 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,189 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 547 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Upper Red Hook
Upper Red Hook's moderate wildfire rating (28th 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 Upper Red Hook
With 93.8% of Upper Red Hook 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 Upper Red Hook's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Upper Red Hook's 22,824-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Upper Red Hook's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.