Asbury Park, NJ
Asbury Park, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Asbury Park lands at the 56th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 3,043 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 Asbury Park at the 57th percentile, close to its 56th-percentile risk score.
Where Asbury Park's buildings actually sit
Most of Asbury Park's buildings (98.7% of 3,043) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Asbury Park compares
There's little gap between Asbury Park's 56th national percentile and its 64th percentile inside New Jersey, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Asbury Park ranks 14,001 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,365 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 248 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Asbury Park
At the 56th national percentile, Asbury Park rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Asbury Park's 98.7% 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 Asbury Park's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,043 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Asbury Park. The exposure-zones guide covers what Asbury Park's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.