Port Colden, NJ
Port Colden wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Port Colden lands at the 31st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 176 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Port Colden's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 31st percentile nationally.
Port Colden's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Port Colden's 176 counted buildings, 82.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Port Colden ranks
Port Colden's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (27th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (31st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Port Colden ranks 21,776 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,792 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 513 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Port Colden
Port Colden's moderate rating (31st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Port Colden (82.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Port Colden's 21,776-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Port Colden, see the exposure-zones guide.