Bohemia, NY
How exposed is Bohemia to wildfire?
USFS scores Bohemia at the 50th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 4,423 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bohemia at the 45th national percentile — 5 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Bohemia (57.9% of 4,423 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 12.6% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Bohemia ranks
Compare Bohemia's two percentiles: 95th within New York, only 50th nationally — a gap of 45 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bohemia ranks 15,668 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,860 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 64 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bohemia
Bohemia's elevated wildfire rating (50th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 57.9% of Bohemia'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 Bohemia's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,423 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bohemia. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bohemia's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.