Elmsford, NY
How exposed is Elmsford to wildfire?
Elmsford's 1,214 buildings earn a 34th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Elmsford at the 33rd national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Elmsford's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 11.5% of Elmsford's 1,214 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 88.5% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Elmsford against the rest of the country
Compare Elmsford's two percentiles: 74th within New York, only 34th nationally — a gap of 40 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Elmsford ranks 20,769 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,570 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 338 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Elmsford
At the 34th national percentile, Elmsford rates moderate 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 Elmsford
Elmsford's 88.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Elmsford's figures come from
Elmsford's 34th-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 Elmsford's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.