Linwood, NY
Linwood, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Linwood lands at the 3rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 57 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Linwood at the 3rd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Linwood's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Linwood: 80.7% of its 57 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 19.3% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Linwood compares
Linwood's risk sits at a similar level relative to New York (2nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (3rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Linwood ranks 30,491 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,747 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,269 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Linwood
At the 3rd national percentile, Linwood rates low 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 Linwood
Linwood's 80.7% 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
Linwood's 3rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Linwood, see the exposure-zones guide.