Princeton Meadows, NJ
How exposed is Princeton Meadows to wildfire?
Princeton Meadows sits at the 47th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,396 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Princeton Meadows at the 48th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Princeton Meadows's buildings actually sit
1,396 buildings are counted in Princeton Meadows, and 64.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 35.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Princeton Meadows against the rest of the country
Princeton Meadows's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (53rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (47th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Princeton Meadows ranks 16,676 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,644 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 334 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 47th national percentile, Princeton Meadows rates elevated 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 Princeton Meadows
Because 64.8% of Princeton Meadows'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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Princeton Meadows's 16,676-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Princeton Meadows, see the exposure-zones guide.