Lebanon, NJ
Lebanon wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Lebanon at the 27th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 503 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Lebanon at the 26th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Lebanon (54.3% of 503 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 45.7% sit in the Direct zone.
Lebanon against the rest of the country
Lebanon scores 27th nationally and 20th 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, Lebanon ranks 23,045 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,290 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 559 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Lebanon and the insurance market
At the 27th national percentile, Lebanon rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Lebanon's 54.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Lebanon's 23,045-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Lebanon, see the exposure-zones guide.