Delaware Park, NJ
Delaware Park wildfire risk explained
Delaware Park 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 365 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Delaware Park's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
Where Delaware Park's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 82.5% of Delaware Park's 365 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 17.5% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Delaware Park compares
Delaware Park's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (5th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (20th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Delaware Park ranks 25,190 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,965 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 662 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Delaware Park
Delaware Park's moderate rating (20th 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 82.5% of Delaware Park'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.
Where Delaware Park's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 365 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Delaware Park. The exposure-zones guide covers what Delaware Park's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.