Newfield, NY
How exposed is Newfield to wildfire?
Newfield sits at the 26th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 464 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Newfield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Newfield: 91.8% of its 464 buildings, versus 8.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Newfield ranks
Compare Newfield's two percentiles: 54th within New York, only 26th nationally — a gap of 28 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newfield ranks 23,426 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,990 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 594 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Newfield and the insurance market
Newfield's moderate wildfire rating (26th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Newfield
Newfield's 91.8% 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.
Where Newfield's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Newfield's 23,426-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Newfield's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.