Edwards, NY
How exposed is Edwards to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Edwards at the 9th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 275 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Edwards at the 9th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Edwards's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Edwards: 69.1% of its 275 buildings, versus 30.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Edwards compares
Edwards's risk sits at a similar level relative to New York (20th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (9th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Edwards ranks 28,724 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,360 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,030 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Edwards
Edwards's low wildfire rating (9th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Edwards
Edwards's 69.1% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 275 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Edwards. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Edwards, see the exposure-zones guide.