Oradell, NJ
Oradell wildfire risk explained
Oradell's 3,054 buildings earn a 22nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Oradell's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 24th percentile nationally.
Oradell's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 57% of Oradell's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 43% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Oradell against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Oradell's 22nd national percentile and its 9th 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, Oradell ranks 24,491 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,351 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 641 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Oradell
At the 22nd national percentile, Oradell rates moderate 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 Oradell
Even with 57% of Oradell 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
Oradell's 22nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Oradell, see the exposure-zones guide.