Griggstown, NJ
Griggstown, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Griggstown sits at the 40th 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 476 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Griggstown at the 40th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Griggstown: 96.6% of its 476 buildings, versus 3.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Griggstown ranks
Griggstown's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (43rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (40th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Griggstown ranks 19,007 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,787 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 402 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 40th national percentile, Griggstown rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Griggstown's 96.6% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 476 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Griggstown. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Griggstown, see the exposure-zones guide.