Burlington, NJ
Burlington wildfire risk explained
Burlington sits at the 53rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 3,238 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Burlington's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 55th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 5.8% of Burlington's 3,238 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 94.2% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Burlington ranks
There's little gap between Burlington's 53rd national percentile and its 62nd 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, Burlington ranks 14,693 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,121 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 267 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Burlington
Burlington's elevated rating (53rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 94.2% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Burlington 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Burlington's 14,693-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Burlington, see the exposure-zones guide.