West Babylon, NY
How exposed is West Babylon to wildfire?
West Babylon's 13,234 buildings earn a 25th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, West Babylon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
West Babylon's building exposure, zone by zone
Only 2.6% of West Babylon's 13,234 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 97.4% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure. At 13,234 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where West Babylon ranks
Within New York, West Babylon ranks higher (52nd percentile) than it does nationally (25th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Babylon ranks 23,741 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,153 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 623 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
West Babylon's moderate wildfire rating (25th 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
West Babylon's 97.4% 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 West Babylon's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind West Babylon's 23,741-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what West Babylon's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.