Lake Success, NY
Lake Success, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lake Success lands at the 34th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 984 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lake Success at the 35th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Lake Success's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Lake Success's buildings (78.4% of 984) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Lake Success against the rest of the country
Lake Success's 73rd-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 34th 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, Lake Success ranks 20,862 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,046 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 352 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
Lake Success's moderate wildfire rating (34th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Lake Success's 78.4% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 984 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lake Success. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Lake Success, see the exposure-zones guide.