Huntington, NY
How exposed is Huntington to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Huntington lands at the 30th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 8,595 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Huntington's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 30th percentile nationally.
Where Huntington's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Huntington: 53% of its 8,595 buildings, versus 34.4% Indirect and 12.6% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap. At 8,595 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Huntington compares
Within New York, Huntington ranks higher (63rd percentile) than it does nationally (30th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Huntington ranks 22,194 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,936 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 483 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
Huntington's moderate rating (30th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Huntington
With 53% of Huntington 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
Huntington's 30th-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 Huntington, see the exposure-zones guide.