Fort Edward, NY
Fort Edward wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Fort Edward lands at the 29th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,404 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Fort Edward at the 28th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Fort Edward (40.6% of 1,404 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 28.1% sit in the Direct zone.
Fort Edward against the rest of the country
Compare Fort Edward's two percentiles: 60th within New York, only 29th nationally — a gap of 31 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fort Edward ranks 22,507 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,607 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 519 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fort Edward
At the 29th national percentile, Fort Edward rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 40.6% of Fort Edward's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Fort Edward's figures come from
Fort Edward's 29th-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 Fort Edward's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.