Brass Castle, NJ
Brass Castle, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Brass Castle lands at the 38th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 761 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Brass Castle at the 37th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Brass Castle's building exposure, zone by zone
761 buildings are counted in Brass Castle, and 89% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Brass Castle against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Brass Castle's 38th national percentile and its 40th 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, Brass Castle ranks 19,572 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,007 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 424 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Brass Castle's moderate wildfire rating (38th 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.
Hardening a home in Brass Castle
With 89% of Brass Castle in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Brass Castle's figures come from
Brass Castle's 38th-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 Brass Castle's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.