Wampsville, NY
How exposed is Wampsville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Wampsville at the 7th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 287 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 Wampsville at the 7th percentile, close to its 7th-percentile risk score.
Wampsville's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Wampsville: 56.8% of its 287 buildings, versus 0.7% Indirect and 42.5% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Wampsville compares
There's little gap between Wampsville's 7th national percentile and its 14th 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, Wampsville ranks 29,230 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,987 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,108 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
Wampsville's low rating (7th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Wampsville
With 56.8% of Wampsville 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 Wampsville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 287 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wampsville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wampsville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.