Lawnside, NJ
How exposed is Lawnside to wildfire?
Lawnside's 1,178 buildings earn a 46th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lawnside at the 49th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Lawnside's buildings actually sit
Only 28.2% of Lawnside's 1,178 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 71.8% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Lawnside ranks
Lawnside's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (51st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (46th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lawnside ranks 17,086 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,779 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 345 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lawnside
Lawnside'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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 71.8% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Lawnside gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Lawnside's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lawnside's 17,086-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lawnside's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.