Bardonia, NY
Bardonia wildfire risk explained
Bardonia's 1,753 buildings earn a 23rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Bardonia at the 23rd percentile, close to its 23rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 52% of Bardonia's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 48% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Bardonia ranks
Bardonia's 49th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 23rd 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, Bardonia ranks 24,240 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,214 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 652 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bardonia
Bardonia's moderate rating (23rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Bardonia
Even with 52% of Bardonia outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Bardonia's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,753 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bardonia. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bardonia's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.