Quinton, NJ
Quinton wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Quinton at the 61st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 329 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Quinton at the 62nd percentile, close to its 61st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 64.1% of Quinton's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 35.9% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 211 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Quinton against the rest of the country
Quinton's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (70th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (61st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Quinton ranks 12,360 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,854 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 210 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Quinton and the insurance market
Quinton's high rating (61st 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
Quinton's 64.1% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 329 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Quinton. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Quinton, see the exposure-zones guide.