West Sayville, NY
West Sayville wildfire risk explained
West Sayville sits at the 39th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,281 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks West Sayville at the 38th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
West Sayville's building exposure, zone by zone
90.3% of West Sayville's 2,281 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 9.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How West Sayville compares
Compare West Sayville's two percentiles: 83rd within New York, only 39th nationally — a gap of 44 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, West Sayville ranks 19,197 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,745 by building count (1 is largest). Within New York alone, it ranks 223 of 1,289 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New York on its state page.
West Sayville and the insurance market
At the 39th national percentile, West Sayville rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in West Sayville
With 90.3% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, West Sayville gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
West Sayville's 39th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond West Sayville, see the exposure-zones guide.