Old Westbury, NY
Old Westbury, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Old Westbury's 2,058 buildings earn a 32nd-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, Old Westbury's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 33rd percentile nationally.
Where Old Westbury's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Old Westbury: 80.9% of its 2,058 buildings, versus 9.3% Indirect and 9.8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Old Westbury compares
Compare Old Westbury'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, Old Westbury ranks 21,560 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,317 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 416 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
Old Westbury's moderate rating (32nd 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Old Westbury (80.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,058 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Old Westbury. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Old Westbury, see the exposure-zones guide.