West Point, NY
West Point, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts West Point at the 55th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 989 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks West Point at the 52nd national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where West Point's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in West Point (68.2% of 989 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 31.2% sit in the Direct zone.
How West Point compares
Compare West Point's two percentiles: 97th within New York, only 55th nationally — a gap of 42 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Point ranks 14,282 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,017 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 37 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in West Point
West Point's elevated wildfire rating (55th 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 Point
Because 68.2% of West Point's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where West Point's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind West Point's 14,282-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Point's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.