West Sand Lake, NY
West Sand Lake, NY's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, West Sand Lake lands at the 20th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,254 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts West Sand Lake at the 19th percentile, close to its 20th-percentile risk score.
Where West Sand Lake's buildings actually sit
60% of West Sand Lake's 1,254 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 752 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 39.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0.2% are Minimal.
Where West Sand Lake ranks
Within New York, West Sand Lake ranks higher (45th percentile) than it does nationally (20th) — 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 Sand Lake ranks 25,349 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,325 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 719 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in West Sand Lake
West Sand Lake's low wildfire rating (20th 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.
Hardening a home in West Sand Lake
With 60% of West Sand Lake 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind West Sand Lake's 25,349-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond West Sand Lake, see the exposure-zones guide.