North Hills, NY
North Hills, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts North Hills at the 32nd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,203 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, North Hills's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 34th percentile nationally.
North Hills's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 12.6% of North Hills's 1,203 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 87.5% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How North Hills compares
Compare North Hills's two percentiles: 68th within New York, only 32nd nationally — a gap of 36 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, North Hills ranks 21,530 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,631 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 411 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
North Hills and the insurance market
At the 32nd national percentile, North Hills 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 Hills
With 87.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, North Hills 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 Hills's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,203 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for North Hills. The exposure-zones guide covers what North Hills's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.