Dresden, NY
How exposed is Dresden to wildfire?
Dresden's 187 buildings earn a 3rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dresden's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 3rd percentile nationally.
Dresden's building exposure, zone by zone
Dresden rates 53.5% Minimal exposure against just 46.5% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 187 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Dresden ranks
There's little gap between Dresden's 3rd national percentile and its 2nd 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, Dresden ranks 30,458 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,358 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,267 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 3rd national percentile, Dresden rates low 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 Dresden
Even with 53.5% of Dresden 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 187 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dresden. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Dresden, see the exposure-zones guide.