Halesite, NY
How exposed is Halesite to wildfire?
Halesite's 1,202 buildings earn a 24th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Halesite at the 25th percentile, close to its 24th-percentile risk score.
Where Halesite's buildings actually sit
50.8% of Halesite's 1,202 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 48.5% Direct and 0.7% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Halesite ranks
Halesite's 51st-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 24th 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, Halesite ranks 23,956 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,642 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 637 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
Halesite's moderate wildfire rating (24th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Halesite (50.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Halesite's 24th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Halesite, see the exposure-zones guide.