Atlantic Highlands, NJ
Atlantic Highlands wildfire risk explained
Atlantic Highlands sits at the 69th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,732 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Atlantic Highlands at the 68th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Atlantic Highlands's buildings actually sit
Most of Atlantic Highlands's buildings (39.8%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Atlantic Highlands against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Atlantic Highlands's 69th national percentile and its 79th 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, Atlantic Highlands ranks 9,777 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,296 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 148 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Atlantic Highlands
Atlantic Highlands's high rating (69th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 39.8% of Atlantic Highlands's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Atlantic Highlands's figures come from
Atlantic Highlands's 69th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Atlantic Highlands's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.