East Massapequa, NY
East Massapequa, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, East Massapequa lands at the 30th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 6,418 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, East Massapequa's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 27th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 2.1% of East Massapequa's 6,418 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 97.9% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure. At 6,418 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How East Massapequa compares
East Massapequa's 63rd-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 30th 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, East Massapequa ranks 22,193 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,702 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 482 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
East Massapequa and the insurance market
East Massapequa's moderate wildfire rating (30th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 97.9% of East Massapequa outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where East Massapequa's figures come from
East Massapequa's 30th-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 East Massapequa's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.