Alfred, NY
Alfred, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Alfred's 565 buildings earn a 24th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Alfred at the 24th percentile, close to its 24th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 62.1% of Alfred's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 37.9% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 351 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Alfred compares
Within New York, Alfred ranks higher (50th percentile) than it does nationally (24th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alfred ranks 24,116 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,329 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 645 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
At the 24th national percentile, Alfred rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 62.1% of Alfred 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
Alfred's 24th-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 Alfred, see the exposure-zones guide.