Redwood, NY
How exposed is Redwood to wildfire?
Redwood's 378 buildings earn a 7th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Redwood's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 7th percentile nationally.
Redwood's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Redwood: 62.2% of its 378 buildings, versus 37% Indirect and 0.8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Redwood compares
Redwood scores 7th nationally and 14th within New York — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Redwood ranks 29,261 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,697 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,113 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Redwood and the insurance market
Redwood's low wildfire rating (7th 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
Redwood's 62.2% 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 Redwood's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 378 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Redwood. The exposure-zones guide covers what Redwood's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.