Harrington Park, NJ
How exposed is Harrington Park to wildfire?
USFS scores Harrington Park at the 24th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,731 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Harrington Park at the 25th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Harrington Park's building exposure, zone by zone
60.1% of Harrington Park's 1,731 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,040 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 39.9% are Minimal.
Where Harrington Park ranks
Harrington Park scores 24th nationally and 13th 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, Harrington Park ranks 24,083 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,300 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 612 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 24th national percentile, Harrington Park rates moderate 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
With 60.1% of Harrington Park in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,731 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Harrington Park. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Harrington Park, see the exposure-zones guide.