Pomona, NJ
Pomona, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Pomona at the 79th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 2,201 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pomona at the 77th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Pomona's buildings actually sit
69.2% of Pomona's 2,201 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 30.8% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Pomona against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Pomona's 79th national percentile and its 85th 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, Pomona ranks 6,560 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,935 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 107 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Pomona and the insurance market
Pomona's high rating (79th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Pomona (69.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Pomona's 79th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Pomona, see the exposure-zones guide.