Deerfield Street, NJ
How exposed is Deerfield Street to wildfire?
USFS scores Deerfield Street at the 38th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 253 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Deerfield Street's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
Deerfield Street's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Deerfield Street: 64.8% of its 253 buildings, versus 26.5% Indirect and 8.7% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Deerfield Street compares
Deerfield Street scores 38th nationally and 41st 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, Deerfield Street ranks 19,415 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,048 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 416 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
At the 38th national percentile, Deerfield Street 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 Deerfield Street
Deerfield Street's 64.8% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Deerfield Street's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Deerfield Street's 19,415-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Deerfield Street's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.