Yorkshire, NY
Yorkshire wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Yorkshire at the 12th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 761 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Yorkshire's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 12th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
761 buildings are counted in Yorkshire, and 72.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Yorkshire ranks
Compare Yorkshire's two percentiles: 28th within New York, only 12th nationally — a gap of 17 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Yorkshire ranks 27,898 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,008 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 931 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Yorkshire
Yorkshire's low wildfire rating (12th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 72.3% of Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire's figures come from
Yorkshire's 12th-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 Yorkshire's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.