Westfield, NY
Westfield wildfire risk explained
Westfield sits at the 26th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,695 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Westfield at the 26th percentile, close to its 26th-percentile risk score.
Westfield's building exposure, zone by zone
1,695 buildings are counted in Westfield, and 54.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 43.1% in Direct exposure or the 2.4% rated Minimal.
Where Westfield ranks
Westfield's 54th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 26th 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, Westfield ranks 23,392 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,436 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 592 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Westfield
At the 26th national percentile, Westfield rates moderate 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 Westfield
Because 54.6% of Westfield's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Westfield's 26th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Westfield, see the exposure-zones guide.