Haledon, NJ
Haledon, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Haledon sits at the 24th 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 1,981 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Haledon at the 23rd national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Haledon's buildings actually sit
1,981 buildings are counted in Haledon, and 88.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 8.2% in Direct exposure or the 3% rated Minimal.
How Haledon compares
Haledon's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (12th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (24th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Haledon ranks 24,113 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,530 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 614 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Haledon
At the 24th national percentile, Haledon 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
Because 88.8% of Haledon'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 Haledon's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Haledon's 24,113-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Haledon's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.