Lake Huntington, NY
Lake Huntington, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Lake Huntington sits at the 46th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 282 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lake Huntington at the 47th percentile, close to its 46th-percentile risk score.
Lake Huntington's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Lake Huntington's 282 counted buildings, 94.7% carry Direct exposure and only 5% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Lake Huntington ranks
Compare Lake Huntington's two percentiles: 90th within New York, only 46th nationally — a gap of 45 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lake Huntington ranks 17,121 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,125 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 126 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Lake Huntington and the insurance market
At the 46th national percentile, Lake Huntington 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Lake Huntington (94.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Lake Huntington's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lake Huntington's 17,121-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lake Huntington's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.