Bridgehampton, NY
Bridgehampton wildfire risk explained
Bridgehampton's 4,623 buildings earn a 39th-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 Bridgehampton at the 37th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Bridgehampton's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 70% of Bridgehampton's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 15.4% Indirect share and far above its 14.6% Minimal share — a profile where 3,237 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Bridgehampton against the rest of the country
Bridgehampton's 83rd-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 39th 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, Bridgehampton ranks 19,167 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,676 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 216 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bridgehampton
Bridgehampton's moderate rating (39th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Bridgehampton's 70% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Bridgehampton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bridgehampton's 19,167-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bridgehampton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.