Kingston Estates, NJ
How exposed is Kingston Estates to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Kingston Estates lands at the 46th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,688 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Kingston Estates at the 48th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Kingston Estates's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 80.8% of Kingston Estates's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 19.2% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Kingston Estates against the rest of the country
Kingston Estates scores 46th nationally and 51st 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, Kingston Estates ranks 17,022 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,463 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 341 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Kingston Estates
Kingston Estates's elevated rating (46th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 80.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Kingston Estates gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Kingston Estates's figures come from
Kingston Estates's 46th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Kingston Estates's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.