Lindenhurst, NY
Lindenhurst wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lindenhurst lands at the 33rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 9,190 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lindenhurst at the 30th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Lindenhurst rates 99.2% Minimal exposure against just 0.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 9,190 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually. At 9,190 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Lindenhurst against the rest of the country
Compare Lindenhurst's two percentiles: 72nd within New York, only 33rd nationally — a gap of 38 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lindenhurst ranks 21,059 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,795 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 366 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
At the 33rd national percentile, Lindenhurst rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 99.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Lindenhurst gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Lindenhurst's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lindenhurst's 21,059-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lindenhurst's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.