Breesport, NY
Breesport, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Breesport lands at the 31st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 368 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Breesport at the 31st percentile, close to its 31st-percentile risk score.
Breesport's building exposure, zone by zone
90.2% of Breesport's 368 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 332 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 9.8% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Breesport compares
Breesport's 66th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 31st 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, Breesport ranks 21,842 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,909 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 443 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Breesport and the insurance market
Breesport's moderate wildfire rating (31st 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.
Hardening a home in Breesport
With 90.2% of Breesport in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Breesport's figures come from
Breesport's 31st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Breesport's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.