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action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/5\/16\/23075120\/half-united-states-properties-wildfire-risk<\/a> More than half of all homes, 56 percent, in the contiguous 48 states face at least some wildfire risk in the next few decades, according to a first-of-its-kind report<\/a> published today by the nonprofit research organization First Street Foundation. <\/p>\n First Street gave each address in the continental US a rating between one to 10, with one representing close to no risk and 10 representing a 36 percent or more likelihood that a property could be caught up in a wildfire sometime during the next three decades. More than 20 million properties across the continental US are threatened by at least \u201cmoderate\u201d wildfire risk. Those homes have up to a 6 percent chance of being in a blaze at some point over a 30-year timespan, the typical timeframe for a home mortgage. <\/p>\n Even a 1 percent chance of being in a wildfire is worth taking seriously. In comparison, the federal government considers an area with a 1 percent chance of flooding in a given year as a \u201cSpecial Flood Hazard Area<\/a>\u201d on maps used to determine flood insurance rates. But unlike flooding, The New York Times<\/em><\/a> reports, there hasn\u2019t been comprehensive property-level data on wildfire risk until now.<\/p>\n Now, you can type an address into First Street\u2019s online search tool<\/a> to see the organization\u2019s fire risk rating for that property (you\u2019ll also find a flood risk rating from First Street). The information will also be incorporated into Realtor.com. <\/p>\n To assess each property\u2019s risk, First Street built a peer-reviewed model<\/a> using government data on available fuels (dry vegetation) and weather patterns. Then it was able to simulate over 100 million wildfires to see which properties they might threaten. <\/p>\n Using First Street\u2019s Data, The Washington Post<\/em><\/a> reports that one in six Americans now lives in a place with \u201csignificant\u201d wildfire risk. <\/p>\n
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