Ronkonkoma, NY
How exposed is Ronkonkoma to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Ronkonkoma at the 49th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 6,882 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Ronkonkoma at the 44th national percentile — 5 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
68.9% of Ronkonkoma's 6,882 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 21% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 6,882 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Ronkonkoma against the rest of the country
Ronkonkoma's 93rd-percentile standing inside New York outpaces its 49th 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, Ronkonkoma ranks 16,050 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,514 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 88 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 49th national percentile, Ronkonkoma rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Ronkonkoma's 68.9% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,882 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ronkonkoma. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Ronkonkoma, see the exposure-zones guide.