Copenhagen, NY
Copenhagen wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Copenhagen at the 5th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 419 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Copenhagen at the 6th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
419 buildings are counted in Copenhagen, and 69% 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.
Copenhagen against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Copenhagen's 5th national percentile and its 6th percentile inside New York, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Copenhagen ranks 29,821 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,840 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,206 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
Copenhagen's low rating (5th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Copenhagen (69%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Copenhagen's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Copenhagen's 29,821-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Copenhagen's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.