Washingtonville, NY
How exposed is Washingtonville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Washingtonville at the 49th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,797 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 Washingtonville at the 51st percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
Washingtonville's building exposure, zone by zone
55.5% of Washingtonville's 1,797 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 44.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Washingtonville against the rest of the country
Compare Washingtonville's two percentiles: 94th within New York, only 49th nationally — a gap of 44 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Washingtonville ranks 15,981 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,076 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 85 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Washingtonville
At the 49th national percentile, Washingtonville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Washingtonville
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Washingtonville (55.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Washingtonville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Washingtonville's 15,981-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Washingtonville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.