Burleigh, NJ
Burleigh wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Burleigh at the 75th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 399 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Burleigh at the 70th national percentile — 6 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Burleigh's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Burleigh (55.9% of 399 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 44.1% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Burleigh ranks
Burleigh's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (83rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (75th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Burleigh ranks 7,760 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,233 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 123 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Burleigh
At the 75th percentile nationally, Burleigh carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 55.9% of Burleigh'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
Burleigh's 75th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Burleigh, see the exposure-zones guide.