Marlboro, NJ
Marlboro wildfire risk explained
Marlboro's 89 buildings earn a 58th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Marlboro at the 57th percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Marlboro: 88.8% of its 89 buildings, versus 11.2% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Marlboro compares
Marlboro scores 58th nationally and 67th 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, Marlboro ranks 13,242 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,543 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 231 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Marlboro and the insurance market
At the 58th national percentile, Marlboro rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Marlboro
With 88.8% of Marlboro in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Marlboro's 58th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Marlboro, see the exposure-zones guide.