Monmouth Junction, NJ
Monmouth Junction, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Monmouth Junction at the 40th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,767 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Monmouth Junction's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 41st percentile nationally.
Monmouth Junction's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Monmouth Junction's buildings (62.8%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Monmouth Junction against the rest of the country
Monmouth Junction's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (44th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (40th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Monmouth Junction ranks 18,814 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,164 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 393 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Monmouth Junction
At the 40th national percentile, Monmouth Junction 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 Monmouth Junction
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Monmouth Junction (62.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Monmouth Junction's 18,814-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Monmouth Junction, see the exposure-zones guide.