Laurel Hollow, NY
Laurel Hollow, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Laurel Hollow lands at the 36th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 974 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Laurel Hollow at the 36th percentile, close to its 36th-percentile risk score.
Where Laurel Hollow's buildings actually sit
Of Laurel Hollow's 974 counted buildings, 94.1% carry Direct exposure and only 0.2% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Laurel Hollow ranks
Compare Laurel Hollow's two percentiles: 78th within New York, only 36th nationally — a gap of 42 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Laurel Hollow ranks 20,138 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,112 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 287 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Laurel Hollow
Laurel Hollow's moderate rating (36th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 94.1% of Laurel Hollow 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.
Where Laurel Hollow's figures come from
Laurel Hollow's 36th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Laurel Hollow's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.