Golden Triangle, NJ
How exposed is Golden Triangle to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Golden Triangle lands at the 42nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,794 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Golden Triangle at the 46th percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
Where Golden Triangle's buildings actually sit
83.7% of Golden Triangle's 1,794 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 16.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Golden Triangle against the rest of the country
Golden Triangle scores 42nd nationally and 46th 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, Golden Triangle ranks 18,249 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,087 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 379 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Golden Triangle
At the 42nd national percentile, Golden Triangle rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Golden Triangle's 83.7% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,794 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Golden Triangle. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Golden Triangle, see the exposure-zones guide.