Glen Cove, NY
Glen Cove wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Glen Cove at the 35th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 8,264 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Glen Cove at the 35th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
8,264 buildings are counted in Glen Cove, and 64.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 19.2% in Direct exposure or the 16.8% rated Minimal. At 8,264 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Glen Cove ranks
Compare Glen Cove's two percentiles: 75th within New York, only 35th nationally — a gap of 40 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glen Cove ranks 20,615 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,023 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 322 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 35th national percentile, Glen Cove rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Glen Cove's 64.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Glen Cove's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Glen Cove's 20,615-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Glen Cove's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.