Tuckahoe (Suffolk), NY
Tuckahoe (Suffolk), NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Tuckahoe (Suffolk) lands at the 40th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,149 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Tuckahoe (Suffolk)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 39th percentile nationally.
Tuckahoe (Suffolk)'s building exposure, zone by zone
1,149 buildings are counted in Tuckahoe (Suffolk), and 55.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 43.7% rated Minimal.
Tuckahoe (Suffolk) against the rest of the country
Compare Tuckahoe (Suffolk)'s two percentiles: 85th within New York, only 40th nationally — a gap of 44 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tuckahoe (Suffolk) ranks 18,913 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,966 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 202 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
Tuckahoe (Suffolk)'s moderate rating (40th 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
Tuckahoe (Suffolk)'s 55.1% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Tuckahoe (Suffolk)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Tuckahoe (Suffolk)'s 18,913-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Tuckahoe (Suffolk)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.