Sicklerville, NJ
Sicklerville, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Sicklerville lands at the 67th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 12,923 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Sicklerville at the 67th percentile, close to its 67th-percentile risk score.
Where Sicklerville's buildings actually sit
41.4% of Sicklerville's 12,923 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 27.4% Direct and 31.2% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone. At 12,923 buildings, this is a substantial built environment, so the shares below describe a real population of structures, not a handful of edge cases.
How Sicklerville compares
Sicklerville's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (77th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (67th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sicklerville ranks 10,283 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 1,178 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 161 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 67th percentile nationally, Sicklerville carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Sicklerville's 41.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Sicklerville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Sicklerville's 10,283-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sicklerville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.