West Glens Falls, NY
West Glens Falls, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
West Glens Falls sits at the 27th 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 4,304 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts West Glens Falls at the 24th percentile, close to its 27th-percentile risk score.
West Glens Falls's building exposure, zone by zone
West Glens Falls rates 52.7% Minimal exposure against just 28.4% Direct and 18.9% Indirect — of 4,304 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How West Glens Falls compares
West Glens Falls's 56th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 27th 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, West Glens Falls ranks 22,983 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,976 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 566 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
West Glens Falls's moderate wildfire rating (27th 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.
Hardening a home in West Glens Falls
West Glens Falls's 52.7% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where West Glens Falls's figures come from
West Glens Falls's 27th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Glens Falls's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.