Warsaw, NY
How exposed is Warsaw to wildfire?
Warsaw's 1,604 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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Warsaw at the 7th percentile, close to its 7th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Warsaw's buildings (55.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Warsaw ranks
There's little gap between Warsaw's 7th national percentile and its 11th percentile inside New York, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Warsaw ranks 29,478 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,756 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,151 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Warsaw
At the 7th national percentile, Warsaw 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 Warsaw
Warsaw's 55.7% 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 Warsaw's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,604 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Warsaw. The exposure-zones guide covers what Warsaw's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.