Walton Park, NY
How exposed is Walton Park to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Walton Park at the 44th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,580 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 Walton Park at the 43rd percentile, close to its 44th-percentile risk score.
Where Walton Park's buildings actually sit
70.2% of Walton Park's 1,580 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,109 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 29.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.7% are Minimal.
How Walton Park compares
Compare Walton Park's two percentiles: 89th within New York, only 44th nationally — a gap of 45 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Walton Park ranks 17,807 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,834 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 148 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
At the 44th national percentile, Walton Park rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 70.2% of Walton Park 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 Walton Park's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,580 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Walton Park. The exposure-zones guide covers what Walton Park's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.