Newport, NJ
How exposed is Newport to wildfire?
Newport's 434 buildings earn a 86th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Newport at the 82nd percentile, close to its 86th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
434 buildings are counted in Newport, and 91.9% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Newport compares
There's little gap between Newport's 86th national percentile and its 90th 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, Newport ranks 4,577 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,568 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 67 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
Newport's very high rating (86th 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 Newport
With 91.9% of Newport 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.
Where Newport's figures come from
Newport's 86th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Newport's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.