Rye Brook, NY
Rye Brook wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rye Brook lands at the 34th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 4,275 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rye Brook's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 34th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 28.1% of Rye Brook's 4,275 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 71.9% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Rye Brook against the rest of the country
Within New York, Rye Brook ranks higher (74th percentile) than it does nationally (34th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rye Brook ranks 20,772 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,995 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 341 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rye Brook
Rye Brook's moderate wildfire rating (34th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Rye Brook
Rye Brook's 71.9% 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.
Where Rye Brook's figures come from
Rye Brook's 34th-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 Rye Brook's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.