North Plainfield, NJ
How exposed is North Plainfield to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, North Plainfield lands at the 28th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 5,453 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, North Plainfield's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
North Plainfield's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 57.2% of North Plainfield's 5,453 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 19.3% Direct and 23.5% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to. At 5,453 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
North Plainfield against the rest of the country
North Plainfield scores 28th nationally and 22nd 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, North Plainfield ranks 22,725 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,168 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 550 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
North Plainfield and the insurance market
North Plainfield's moderate rating (28th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in North Plainfield
Because 57.2% of North Plainfield's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where North Plainfield's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 5,453 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for North Plainfield. The exposure-zones guide covers what North Plainfield's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.