Great Bend, NY
Great Bend, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Great Bend lands at the 6th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 558 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Great Bend's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 6th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
77.8% of Great Bend's 558 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 434 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 3.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 18.8% are Minimal.
Where Great Bend ranks
Great Bend's risk sits at a similar level relative to New York (9th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (6th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Great Bend ranks 29,698 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,442 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 1,174 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Great Bend and the insurance market
At the 6th national percentile, Great Bend rates low 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
With 77.8% of Great Bend in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 558 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Great Bend. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Great Bend, see the exposure-zones guide.