Alden, NY
Alden wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Alden at the 28th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,249 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Alden's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
Where Alden's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Alden: 52.9% of its 1,249 buildings, versus 4.8% Indirect and 42.3% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Alden against the rest of the country
Compare Alden's two percentiles: 59th within New York, only 28th nationally — a gap of 30 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alden ranks 22,691 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,356 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 535 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Alden and the insurance market
At the 28th national percentile, Alden 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 Alden
With 52.9% of Alden 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.
More on how this number was built
Alden's 28th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Alden, see the exposure-zones guide.