Randolph, NY
How exposed is Randolph to wildfire?
Randolph's 720 buildings earn a 35th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Randolph at the 35th percentile, close to its 35th-percentile risk score.
Where Randolph's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Randolph (50.3% of 720 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 49.7% sit in the Direct zone.
How Randolph compares
Compare Randolph's two percentiles: 76th within New York, only 35th nationally — a gap of 41 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Randolph ranks 20,463 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,453 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 313 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Randolph and the insurance market
Randolph's moderate wildfire rating (35th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Randolph's 50.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Randolph's figures come from
Randolph's 35th-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 Randolph's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.