Bridgeton, NJ
Bridgeton, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bridgeton lands at the 57th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 5,411 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 Bridgeton at the 56th percentile, close to its 57th-percentile risk score.
Where Bridgeton's buildings actually sit
Most of Bridgeton's buildings (50.1% of 5,411) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 5,411 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Bridgeton ranks
Bridgeton scores 57th nationally and 66th within New Jersey — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bridgeton ranks 13,591 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,193 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 239 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
Bridgeton's elevated rating (57th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Bridgeton
With 50.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Bridgeton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,411 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bridgeton. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Bridgeton, see the exposure-zones guide.