New Brunswick, NJ
New Brunswick, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, New Brunswick lands at the 48th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 6,966 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Brunswick at the 46th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
New Brunswick's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of New Brunswick's buildings (96.7% of 6,966) 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 6,966 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How New Brunswick compares
New Brunswick's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (54th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (48th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Brunswick ranks 16,460 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 2,482 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 326 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
New Brunswick and the insurance market
At the 48th national percentile, New Brunswick 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 New Brunswick
Even with 96.7% of New Brunswick 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 6,966 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Brunswick. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond New Brunswick, see the exposure-zones guide.