Norwood, NY
Norwood, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Norwood sits at the 23rd 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 882 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Norwood at the 22nd national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Norwood's building exposure, zone by zone
55.1% of Norwood's 882 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 486 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 44.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Norwood compares
Norwood's 49th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 23rd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Norwood ranks 24,275 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,888 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 656 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Norwood and the insurance market
Norwood's moderate wildfire rating (23rd 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 Norwood
With 55.1% of Norwood in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Norwood's figures come from
Norwood's 23rd-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 Norwood's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.