Parsippany, NJ
Parsippany wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Parsippany at the 23rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 5,525 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Parsippany at the 24th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Parsippany's buildings actually sit
67.6% of Parsippany's 5,525 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 24.6% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself. At 5,525 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
Parsippany against the rest of the country
Parsippany's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (12th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (23rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Parsippany ranks 24,180 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,118 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 620 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Parsippany
At the 23rd national percentile, Parsippany rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Even with 67.6% of Parsippany 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.
Where Parsippany's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Parsippany's 24,180-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Parsippany's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.