Mays Landing, NJ
How exposed is Mays Landing to wildfire?
Mays Landing sits at the 85th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,057 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mays Landing at the 84th 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
66.8% of Mays Landing's 2,057 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 32.4% Direct and 0.8% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Mays Landing ranks
Mays Landing's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (89th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (85th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mays Landing ranks 4,765 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,322 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 74 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
Mays Landing's very high rating (85th 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 Mays Landing
Mays Landing's 66.8% 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.
Where Mays Landing's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mays Landing's 4,765-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mays Landing's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.