New Egypt, NJ
New Egypt wildfire risk explained
New Egypt 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 1,417 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Egypt at the 84th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
New Egypt's building exposure, zone by zone
Of New Egypt's 1,417 counted buildings, 66.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
New Egypt against the rest of the country
There's little gap between New Egypt's 85th national percentile and its 89th percentile inside New Jersey, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Egypt ranks 4,822 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,553 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 77 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
New Egypt and the insurance market
At the 85th percentile nationally, New Egypt carries the very high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in New Egypt (66.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Egypt's 4,822-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond New Egypt, see the exposure-zones guide.