Cranbury, NJ
Cranbury wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Cranbury at the 51st national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 868 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Cranbury at the 51st national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Cranbury's building exposure, zone by zone
868 buildings are counted in Cranbury, and 59.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 18.2% rated Minimal.
Cranbury against the rest of the country
Cranbury scores 51st nationally and 58th 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, Cranbury ranks 15,353 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,005 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 293 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Cranbury and the insurance market
Cranbury's elevated rating (51st 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Cranbury (59.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Cranbury's 51st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Cranbury, see the exposure-zones guide.