Shrewsbury, NJ
Shrewsbury wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Shrewsbury lands at the 54th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,702 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Shrewsbury's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
Where Shrewsbury's buildings actually sit
Shrewsbury rates 67.5% Minimal exposure against just 32.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,702 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Shrewsbury against the rest of the country
Shrewsbury scores 54th nationally and 63rd within New Jersey — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shrewsbury ranks 14,567 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,414 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 261 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury's elevated rating (54th 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
With 67.5% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Shrewsbury gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Shrewsbury's 54th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Shrewsbury, see the exposure-zones guide.