Barrington, NJ
Barrington, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Barrington lands at the 46th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,441 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 Barrington at the 49th percentile, close to its 46th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
84.5% of Barrington's 2,441 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 15.5% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Barrington compares
There's little gap between Barrington's 46th national percentile and its 50th 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, Barrington ranks 17,117 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,420 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 346 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Barrington
At the 46th national percentile, Barrington 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
Barrington's 84.5% 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 Barrington's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Barrington's 17,117-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Barrington's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.