Linden, NJ
Linden wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Linden lands at the 30th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 14,064 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Linden at the 31st percentile, close to its 30th-percentile risk score.
Linden's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Linden's buildings (99.4% of 14,064) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure. At 14,064 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Where Linden ranks
Linden scores 30th nationally and 25th 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, Linden ranks 22,160 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,068 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 527 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Linden
Linden's moderate wildfire rating (30th 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.
Hardening a home in Linden
Even with 99.4% of Linden outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Linden's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 14,064 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Linden. The exposure-zones guide covers what Linden's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.