New Vernon, NJ
How exposed is New Vernon to wildfire?
USFS scores New Vernon at the 38th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 536 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts New Vernon at the 39th percentile, close to its 38th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 99.8% of New Vernon's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 535 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where New Vernon ranks
New Vernon scores 38th nationally and 40th 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, New Vernon ranks 19,511 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,786 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 420 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Vernon
New Vernon's moderate wildfire rating (38th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 99.8% of New Vernon 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
New Vernon's 38th-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 New Vernon, see the exposure-zones guide.