Bogota, NJ
How exposed is Bogota to wildfire?
Bogota sits at the 19th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,434 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bogota at the 21st national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Bogota's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 98.2% of Bogota's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 1.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Bogota ranks
There's little gap between Bogota's 19th national percentile and its 4th 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, Bogota ranks 25,471 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,430 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 668 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bogota
At the 19th national percentile, Bogota rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Bogota
Even with 98.2% of Bogota 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.
More on how this number was built
Bogota's 19th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Bogota, see the exposure-zones guide.