Village of the Branch, NY
Village of the Branch wildfire risk explained
Village of the Branch sits at the 31st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 690 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Village of the Branch at the 32nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Village of the Branch's building exposure, zone by zone
50.4% of Village of the Branch's 690 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 49.6% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Village of the Branch against the rest of the country
Village of the Branch's 66th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 31st 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, Village of the Branch ranks 21,844 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,759 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 445 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Village of the Branch
Village of the Branch's moderate wildfire rating (31st 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Village of the Branch (50.4% 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
Village of the Branch's 31st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Village of the Branch, see the exposure-zones guide.