Tuxedo, NY
How exposed is Tuxedo to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Tuxedo at the 55th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,433 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Tuxedo at the 53rd percentile, close to its 55th-percentile risk score.
Tuxedo's building exposure, zone by zone
1,433 buildings are counted in Tuxedo, and 85.4% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.1% rated Minimal.
Tuxedo against the rest of the country
Tuxedo's 98th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 55th 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, Tuxedo ranks 14,064 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,466 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 31 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Tuxedo
Tuxedo's elevated rating (55th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Tuxedo (85.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,433 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Tuxedo. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Tuxedo, see the exposure-zones guide.