Miller Place, NY
Miller Place, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Miller Place at the 55th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 4,418 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Miller Place at the 48th national percentile — 7 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Miller Place's buildings actually sit
61.5% of Miller Place's 4,418 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 2,715 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 31% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 7.6% are Minimal.
How Miller Place compares
Miller Place's 97th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 55th 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, Miller Place ranks 14,318 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,867 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 38 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Miller Place
At the 55th national percentile, Miller Place rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Miller Place
With 61.5% of Miller Place 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 Miller Place's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 4,418 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Miller Place. The exposure-zones guide covers what Miller Place's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.