West End, NY
How exposed is West End to wildfire?
USFS scores West End at the 8th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,152 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks West End at the 9th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,152 buildings are counted in West End, and 75.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 24.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
West End against the rest of the country
West End scores 8th nationally and 19th 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, West End ranks 28,881 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,944 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,051 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
West End and the insurance market
At the 8th national percentile, West End 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 West End
West End's 75.8% 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 West End's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind West End's 28,881-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what West End's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.