Friendship, NY
Friendship, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Friendship's 808 buildings earn a 18th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Friendship at the 18th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Friendship's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 70.7% of Friendship's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 29.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 571 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Friendship compares
Compare Friendship's two percentiles: 41st within New York, only 18th nationally — a gap of 23 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Friendship ranks 25,975 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,568 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 766 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Friendship and the insurance market
At the 18th national percentile, Friendship rates low 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 Direct exposure dominates in Friendship (70.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Friendship's figures come from
Friendship's 18th-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 Friendship's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.