Gordon Heights, NY
Gordon Heights, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Gordon Heights lands at the 50th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,218 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Gordon Heights's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 48th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,218 buildings are counted in Gordon Heights, and 70.6% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Gordon Heights ranks
Within New York, Gordon Heights ranks higher (94th percentile) than it does nationally (50th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gordon Heights ranks 15,823 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,545 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 75 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Gordon Heights and the insurance market
At the 50th national percentile, Gordon Heights rates elevated 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
Gordon Heights's 70.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Gordon Heights's 50th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Gordon Heights, see the exposure-zones guide.