Global warming and wildfires — Before Trump erases any interactive maps from USDA Forest Service site, they show the risk of wildfire in each U.S. neighborhood — Volleys of glowing embers can glide for up to 24 mi and can cause up to 90% of home and business fires during wildfires, according to NIST

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  1. Archived link is available if the interactive maps have been erased: https://web.archive.org/web/20250331223927/https://wildfirerisk.org/

    >**Explore your wildfire risk**
    >Type the name of your community, tribal area, county, or state to view interactive charts and maps about wildfire risk and discover resources to reduce risk. [e.g., [Palm Beach](https://wildfirerisk.org/explore/overview/12/12099/1200054025/), Florida]

    >[Home](https://wildfirerisk.org) > [Understand](https://wildfirerisk.org/understand-risk/) > Understand Risk > [Exposure](https://wildfirerisk.org/understand-risk/#exposure)

    >**About Exposure**

    >Exposure is the spatial coincidence of wildfire likelihood and intensity with communities.

    >Any community that is located where wildfire likelihood is greater than zero (in other words, where there is a chance wildfire could occur) is exposed to wildfire. For example, a home in a flammable forest is exposed to wildfire.

    >Communities can be directly exposed to wildfire from adjacent wildland vegetation, or indirectly exposed to wildfire from embers and home-to-home ignition.

    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) – [NIST’s Emberometer Could Gauge Threat of Wildfire-Spreading Embers](https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2021/08/nists-emberometer-could-gauge-threat-wildfire-spreading-embers#:~:text=NIST%27s%20National%20Fire%20Research%20Laboratory%20has%20set%20up,exposure%2C%20and%20potentially%20the%20development%20of%20ember-proof%20materials), August 18, 2021:

    >As wildfire fronts advance through landscapes or communities on the ground, they also attack from above, launching volleys of glowing embers into the air. Also known as firebrands, these specks of burning debris can glide for up to [40 kilometers](https://www.thebushfirefoundation.org/how-fire-behaves/) (approximately 24 miles) before landing and can cause [up to 90%](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/embers-cause-up-to-90-of-home–business-ignitions-during-wildfire-events-300811068.html) of home and business fires during wildfires.

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