Rushford, NY
Rushford, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Rushford at the 15th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 282 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rushford at the 16th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Rushford's buildings actually sit
90.4% of Rushford's 282 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 255 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 9.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Rushford compares
Within New York, Rushford ranks higher (36th percentile) than it does nationally (15th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rushford ranks 26,732 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,126 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 828 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rushford
At the 15th national percentile, Rushford rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Rushford
With 90.4% of Rushford 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.
More on how this number was built
Rushford's 15th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Rushford, see the exposure-zones guide.