Audubon, NJ
How exposed is Audubon to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Audubon at the 41st national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 3,442 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Audubon at the 46th percentile, close to its 41st-percentile risk score.
Audubon's building exposure, zone by zone
94.6% of Audubon's 3,442 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 5.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Audubon against the rest of the country
Audubon's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (45th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (41st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Audubon ranks 18,591 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,854 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 388 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Audubon
Audubon's elevated wildfire rating (41st 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 94.6% of Audubon outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Audubon's figures come from
Audubon's 41st-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 Audubon's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.