Grenloch, NJ
Grenloch, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Grenloch lands at the 54th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 440 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 Grenloch at the 56th percentile, close to its 54th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Grenloch's buildings (70.9% of 440) 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.
Grenloch against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Grenloch's 54th national percentile and its 63rd percentile inside New Jersey, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grenloch ranks 14,472 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,463 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 257 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 54th national percentile, Grenloch rates elevated 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 Grenloch
With 70.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Grenloch gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Grenloch's 14,472-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Grenloch, see the exposure-zones guide.