Bridgeport, NY
Bridgeport, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Bridgeport at the 9th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 713 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bridgeport at the 9th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Bridgeport's buildings actually sit
53% of Bridgeport's 713 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 47% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Bridgeport against the rest of the country
Bridgeport scores 9th nationally and 21st within New York — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bridgeport ranks 28,621 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,531 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,016 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bridgeport
Bridgeport's low rating (9th 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
Because 53% of Bridgeport'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 Bridgeport's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 713 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bridgeport. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bridgeport's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.