Cedarhurst, NY
Cedarhurst, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Cedarhurst's 1,916 buildings earn a 48th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Cedarhurst at the 46th percentile, close to its 48th-percentile risk score.
Where Cedarhurst's buildings actually sit
Cedarhurst rates 99.6% Minimal exposure against just 0.4% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,916 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Cedarhurst compares
Cedarhurst's 92nd-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 48th 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, Cedarhurst ranks 16,298 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,719 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 98 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cedarhurst
At the 48th national percentile, Cedarhurst rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 99.6% of Cedarhurst outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Cedarhurst's figures come from
Cedarhurst's 48th-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 Cedarhurst's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.