Valatie, NY
How exposed is Valatie to wildfire?
Valatie's 655 buildings earn a 16th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Valatie's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
67% of Valatie's 655 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 33% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Valatie ranks
Compare Valatie's two percentiles: 37th within New York, only 16th nationally — a gap of 22 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Valatie ranks 26,607 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,136 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 814 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Valatie
Valatie's low wildfire rating (16th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Valatie (67% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Valatie's 26,607-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Valatie, see the exposure-zones guide.