Stony Brook University, NY
How exposed is Stony Brook University to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Stony Brook University 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 241 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Stony Brook University at the 36th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Stony Brook University's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 61% of Stony Brook University's 241 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 16.2% Direct and 22.8% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Stony Brook University ranks
Compare Stony Brook University's two percentiles: 74th within New York, only 34th nationally — a gap of 40 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Stony Brook University ranks 20,742 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,437 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 335 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University'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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 61% of Stony Brook University's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Stony Brook University's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Stony Brook University's 20,742-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Stony Brook University's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.