Whitehall, NY
Whitehall wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Whitehall lands at the 25th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,190 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Whitehall at the 24th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Whitehall's buildings actually sit
1,190 buildings are counted in Whitehall, and 75.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 24.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Whitehall against the rest of the country
Whitehall's 53rd-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 25th 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, Whitehall ranks 23,613 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,707 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 610 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Whitehall and the insurance market
At the 25th national percentile, Whitehall rates moderate 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 Whitehall
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Whitehall (75.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Whitehall's 25th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Whitehall, see the exposure-zones guide.