Leesburg, NJ
Leesburg, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Leesburg's 420 buildings earn a 82nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Leesburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 80th percentile nationally.
Where Leesburg's buildings actually sit
Of Leesburg's 420 counted buildings, 72.9% carry Direct exposure and only 1.2% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Leesburg ranks
Leesburg's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (86th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (82nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leesburg ranks 5,679 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,820 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 97 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Leesburg's very high rating (82nd percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Hardening a home in Leesburg
Leesburg's 72.9% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 420 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Leesburg. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Leesburg, see the exposure-zones guide.