Patchogue, NY
Patchogue, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Patchogue lands at the 42nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 3,910 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Patchogue at the 40th percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
Where Patchogue's buildings actually sit
Most of Patchogue's buildings (94.5% of 3,910) 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.
Where Patchogue ranks
Within New York, Patchogue ranks higher (87th percentile) than it does nationally (42nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Patchogue ranks 18,344 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,330 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 171 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Patchogue and the insurance market
Patchogue's elevated rating (42nd 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
With 94.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Patchogue gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,910 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Patchogue. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Patchogue, see the exposure-zones guide.