North Babylon, NY
North Babylon wildfire risk explained
North Babylon's 5,506 buildings earn a 20th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, North Babylon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 23rd percentile nationally.
Where North Babylon's buildings actually sit
96.2% of North Babylon's 5,506 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 3.8% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 5,506 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How North Babylon compares
Compare North Babylon's two percentiles: 45th within New York, only 20th nationally — a gap of 25 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Babylon ranks 25,095 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,129 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 702 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 20th national percentile, North Babylon rates moderate 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 North Babylon
With 96.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, North Babylon gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where North Babylon's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,506 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for North Babylon. The exposure-zones guide covers what North Babylon's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.