Firthcliffe, NY
How exposed is Firthcliffe to wildfire?
Firthcliffe's 1,880 buildings earn a 43rd-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Firthcliffe at the 41st national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Firthcliffe's building exposure, zone by zone
1,880 buildings are counted in Firthcliffe, and 64.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 35% in Direct exposure or the 0.4% rated Minimal.
Where Firthcliffe ranks
Compare Firthcliffe's two percentiles: 88th within New York, only 43rd nationally — a gap of 45 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Firthcliffe ranks 18,094 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,823 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 157 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Firthcliffe
Firthcliffe's elevated rating (43rd 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
Firthcliffe's 64.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Firthcliffe's 43rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Firthcliffe, see the exposure-zones guide.