North Wantagh, NY
North Wantagh, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts North Wantagh at the 23rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 4,068 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, North Wantagh's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
North Wantagh's building exposure, zone by zone
99.3% of North Wantagh's 4,068 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 0.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How North Wantagh compares
North Wantagh's 49th-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 23rd 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, North Wantagh ranks 24,274 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,171 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 655 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in North Wantagh
North Wantagh's moderate rating (23rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
North Wantagh's 99.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where North Wantagh's figures come from
North Wantagh's 23rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what North Wantagh's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.