East Patchogue, NY
How exposed is East Patchogue to wildfire?
East Patchogue sits at the 42nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 7,825 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, East Patchogue's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 41st percentile nationally.
Where East Patchogue's buildings actually sit
Only 24.2% of East Patchogue's 7,825 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 75.8% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure. At 7,825 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
East Patchogue against the rest of the country
Within New York, East Patchogue ranks higher (87th percentile) than it does nationally (42nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Patchogue ranks 18,252 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,170 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 164 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 42nd national percentile, East Patchogue rates elevated 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 East Patchogue
With 75.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, East Patchogue gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind East Patchogue's 18,252-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond East Patchogue, see the exposure-zones guide.