Landing, NJ
How exposed is Landing to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Landing lands at the 32nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,729 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Landing at the 30th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Landing's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Landing: 49.3% of its 1,729 buildings, versus 35% Indirect and 15.7% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Landing ranks
Landing scores 32nd nationally and 28th 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, Landing ranks 21,590 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,306 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 505 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Landing and the insurance market
Landing's moderate wildfire rating (32nd percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 49.3% of Landing 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.
Where Landing's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,729 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Landing. The exposure-zones guide covers what Landing's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.