Southampton, NY
Southampton, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Southampton at the 35th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 5,247 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Southampton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
Where Southampton's buildings actually sit
76.3% of Southampton's 5,247 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 19.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 5,247 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Southampton ranks
Compare Southampton's two percentiles: 76th within New York, only 35th nationally — a gap of 41 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Southampton ranks 20,392 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,285 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 306 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
Southampton's moderate rating (35th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Southampton
With 76.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Southampton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Southampton's figures come from
Southampton's 35th-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 Southampton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.