Wesley Hills, NY
Wesley Hills, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Wesley Hills at the 48th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,712 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wesley Hills's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,712 buildings are counted in Wesley Hills, and 61.6% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 26% rated Minimal.
How Wesley Hills compares
Compare Wesley Hills's two percentiles: 92nd within New York, only 48th nationally — a gap of 44 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wesley Hills ranks 16,551 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,377 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 107 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
Wesley Hills's elevated wildfire rating (48th 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
With 61.6% of Wesley Hills in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Wesley Hills's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wesley Hills's 16,551-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wesley Hills's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.