Absecon Highlands, NJ
Absecon Highlands wildfire risk explained
Absecon Highlands's 572 buildings earn a 86th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Absecon Highlands's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 82nd percentile nationally.
Absecon Highlands's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 65% of Absecon Highlands's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 26.4% Indirect share and far above its 8.6% Minimal share — a profile where 372 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Absecon Highlands ranks
Absecon Highlands's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (92nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (86th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Absecon Highlands ranks 4,417 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,216 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 58 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 86th percentile nationally, Absecon Highlands carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
With 65% of Absecon Highlands 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 572 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Absecon Highlands. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Absecon Highlands, see the exposure-zones guide.