New Hempstead, NY
New Hempstead wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts New Hempstead at the 30th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,482 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts New Hempstead at the 29th percentile, close to its 30th-percentile risk score.
Where New Hempstead's buildings actually sit
Most of New Hempstead's buildings (54.6% of 1,482) 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.
New Hempstead against the rest of the country
Within New York, New Hempstead ranks higher (63rd percentile) than it does nationally (30th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Hempstead ranks 22,165 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,242 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 480 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Hempstead
New Hempstead's moderate wildfire rating (30th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 54.6% of New Hempstead outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where New Hempstead's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Hempstead's 22,165-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Hempstead's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.