Centerport, NY
How exposed is Centerport to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Centerport at the 25th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 2,583 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Centerport at the 26th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Centerport's buildings actually sit
Of Centerport's 2,583 counted buildings, 58.2% carry Direct exposure and only 41.9% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Centerport ranks
Compare Centerport's two percentiles: 53rd within New York, only 25th nationally — a gap of 28 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Centerport ranks 23,609 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,132 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 606 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Centerport
Centerport's moderate rating (25th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Centerport
With 58.2% of Centerport 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 Centerport's figures come from
Centerport's 25th-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 Centerport's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.