Woodsville, NY
Woodsville, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Woodsville at the 17th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 52 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Woodsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
Where Woodsville's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Woodsville (59.6% of 52 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 40.4% sit in the Direct zone.
How Woodsville compares
Within New York, Woodsville ranks higher (39th percentile) than it does nationally (17th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Woodsville ranks 26,323 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,882 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 795 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Woodsville's low wildfire rating (17th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Woodsville
Because 59.6% of Woodsville'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.
Where Woodsville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Woodsville's 26,323-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Woodsville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.