Bethpage, NY
How exposed is Bethpage to wildfire?
Bethpage's 5,708 buildings earn a 29th-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 Bethpage at the 34th percentile, close to its 29th-percentile risk score.
Bethpage's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Bethpage's buildings (98.2% of 5,708) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 5,708 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Bethpage ranks
Bethpage's 62nd-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 29th 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, Bethpage ranks 22,282 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,029 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 491 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
At the 29th national percentile, Bethpage rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 98.2% of Bethpage 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 Bethpage's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bethpage's 22,282-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bethpage's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.