Lawrenceville, NJ
How exposed is Lawrenceville to wildfire?
Lawrenceville sits at the 35th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 953 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lawrenceville at the 36th percentile, close to its 35th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Lawrenceville's 953 counted buildings, 53.2% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Lawrenceville ranks
Lawrenceville scores 35th nationally and 34th 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, Lawrenceville ranks 20,518 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,287 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 461 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Lawrenceville and the insurance market
Lawrenceville's moderate wildfire rating (35th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Lawrenceville (53.2%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Lawrenceville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lawrenceville's 20,518-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lawrenceville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.