Cedar Knolls, NJ
Cedar Knolls, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Cedar Knolls sits at the 20th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,314 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cedar Knolls's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
Cedar Knolls's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Cedar Knolls's buildings (56.5% of 1,314) 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.
Cedar Knolls against the rest of the country
Cedar Knolls scores 20th nationally and 6th 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, Cedar Knolls ranks 25,158 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,995 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 659 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Cedar Knolls and the insurance market
At the 20th national percentile, Cedar Knolls rates moderate 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 Cedar Knolls
Even with 56.5% of Cedar Knolls 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cedar Knolls's 25,158-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Cedar Knolls, see the exposure-zones guide.