Brewster Hill, NY
Brewster Hill wildfire risk explained
Brewster Hill's 786 buildings earn a 35th-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Brewster Hill at the 34th national percentile — 1 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 Brewster Hill (47.3% of 786 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 40% sit in the Direct zone.
How Brewster Hill compares
Within New York, Brewster Hill ranks higher (76th percentile) than it does nationally (35th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brewster Hill ranks 20,461 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,760 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 311 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Brewster Hill and the insurance market
At the 35th national percentile, Brewster Hill rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Brewster Hill
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Brewster Hill (47.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brewster Hill's 20,461-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Brewster Hill, see the exposure-zones guide.