Berlin, NJ
Berlin, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Berlin lands at the 66th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,920 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Berlin at the 64th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Berlin's building exposure, zone by zone
73.9% of Berlin's 2,920 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 26.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Berlin against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Berlin's 66th national percentile and its 75th 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, Berlin ranks 10,816 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,554 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 176 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Berlin
Berlin's high rating (66th 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.
Hardening a home in Berlin
Because 73.9% of Berlin'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,920 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Berlin. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Berlin, see the exposure-zones guide.