Keansburg, NJ
Keansburg, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Keansburg at the 64th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 3,319 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Keansburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 59th percentile nationally.
Keansburg's building exposure, zone by zone
Keansburg rates 99.2% Minimal exposure against just 0.8% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 3,319 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where Keansburg ranks
There's little gap between Keansburg's 64th national percentile and its 73rd 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, Keansburg ranks 11,318 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,019 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 188 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Keansburg
At the 64th percentile nationally, Keansburg carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Keansburg
Keansburg's 99.2% 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 3,319 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Keansburg. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Keansburg, see the exposure-zones guide.