North Rose, NY
North Rose, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
North Rose sits at the 8th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 402 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts North Rose at the 8th percentile, close to its 8th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in North Rose: 55.7% of its 402 buildings, versus 44.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How North Rose compares
There's little gap between North Rose's 8th national percentile and its 16th percentile inside New York, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Rose ranks 29,106 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,169 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,084 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
North Rose and the insurance market
North Rose's low wildfire rating (8th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
North Rose's 55.7% 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.
Where North Rose's figures come from
North Rose's 8th-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 North Rose's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.