Ten Mile Run, NJ
How exposed is Ten Mile Run to wildfire?
Ten Mile Run sits at the 40th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 694 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ten Mile Run at the 40th percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
Ten Mile Run's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Ten Mile Run's 694 counted buildings, 57.9% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Ten Mile Run compares
Ten Mile Run scores 40th nationally and 43rd 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, Ten Mile Run ranks 18,940 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,729 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 398 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ten Mile Run
Ten Mile Run's moderate rating (40th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 57.9% of Ten Mile Run in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 694 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Ten Mile Run. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Ten Mile Run, see the exposure-zones guide.