Glen Head, NY
Glen Head wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Glen Head lands at the 32nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,886 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Glen Head at the 33rd percentile, close to its 32nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Glen Head's buildings (69.2%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Glen Head against the rest of the country
Glen Head's 70th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 32nd 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, Glen Head ranks 21,337 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,803 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 391 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Glen Head and the insurance market
At the 32nd national percentile, Glen Head rates moderate 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 Glen Head
Glen Head's 69.2% 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 Head's figures come from
Glen Head's 32nd-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 Glen Head's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.