Island Park, NY
Island Park wildfire risk explained
Island Park's 1,375 buildings earn a 54th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Island Park at the 47th percentile, close to its 54th-percentile risk score.
Island Park's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Island Park's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 0% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Island Park against the rest of the country
Within New York, Island Park ranks higher (97th percentile) than it does nationally (54th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Island Park ranks 14,536 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,729 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 40 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Island Park and the insurance market
Island Park's elevated rating (54th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 100% of Island Park outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,375 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Island Park. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Island Park, see the exposure-zones guide.