Wildfire risk in New Jersey
New Jersey: 21 counties covered
Across 21 New Jersey counties, the average wildfire-risk percentile is 46 — but that average hides real spread between counties, which is why each community in this dataset gets its own page rather than one statewide number.
- Ocean County, NJ — 94th percentile, Very High
- Burlington County, NJ — 90th percentile, Very High
- Atlantic County, NJ — 83rd percentile, Very High
- Cape May County, NJ — 78th percentile, High
- Cumberland County, NJ — 73rd percentile, High
- Camden County, NJ — 70th percentile, High
- Monmouth County, NJ — 63rd percentile, High
- Gloucester County, NJ — 53rd percentile, Elevated
- Salem County, NJ — 49th percentile, Elevated
- Middlesex County, NJ — 40th percentile, Elevated
- Sussex County, NJ — 36th percentile, Moderate
- Mercer County, NJ — 35th percentile, Moderate
- Warren County, NJ — 31st percentile, Moderate
- Passaic County, NJ — 30th percentile, Moderate
- Morris County, NJ — 23rd percentile, Moderate
- Bergen County, NJ — 22nd percentile, Moderate
- Somerset County, NJ — 21st percentile, Moderate
- Hunterdon County, NJ — 20th percentile, Moderate
- Union County, NJ — 18th percentile, Low
- Essex County, NJ — 17th percentile, Low
- Hudson County, NJ — 16th percentile, Low
The 10 highest-risk places in New Jersey on this site
Of the 700 New Jersey communities WildfireRiskFinder covers, these rank highest for wildfire risk nationally:
- Holiday Heights, NJ — 97th percentile, Very High
- New Gretna, NJ — 97th percentile, Very High
- Ocean Acres, NJ — 97th percentile, Very High
- Pine Ridge at Crestwood, NJ — 97th percentile, Very High
- Crestwood Village, NJ — 97th percentile, Very High
- Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ — 96th percentile, Very High
- Cedar Glen Lakes, NJ — 96th percentile, Very High
- Holiday City South, NJ — 96th percentile, Very High
- Leeds Point, NJ — 95th percentile, Very High
- Port Republic, NJ — 95th percentile, Very High