Lamington, NJ
Lamington, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lamington lands at the 38th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 131 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lamington at the 38th percentile, close to its 38th-percentile risk score.
Where Lamington's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 99.2% of Lamington's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0.8% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 130 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Lamington compares
Lamington's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (39th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (38th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lamington ranks 19,635 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,679 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 427 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Lamington and the insurance market
Lamington's moderate rating (38th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Lamington
Lamington's 99.2% 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.
Where Lamington's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lamington's 19,635-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lamington's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.