Lido Beach, NY
How exposed is Lido Beach to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lido Beach at the 51st national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,060 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lido Beach's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 43rd percentile nationally.
Lido Beach's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 99.3% of Lido Beach's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 0.7% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Lido Beach ranks
Within New York, Lido Beach ranks higher (95th percentile) than it does nationally (51st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lido Beach ranks 15,545 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,521 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 61 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lido Beach
Lido Beach's elevated wildfire rating (51st 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.
Hardening a home in Lido Beach
Lido Beach's 99.3% 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.
Where Lido Beach's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,060 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lido Beach. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lido Beach's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.