Tuckahoe, NJ
How exposed is Tuckahoe to wildfire?
Tuckahoe's 255 buildings earn a 88th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Tuckahoe at the 85th percentile, close to its 88th-percentile risk score.
Tuckahoe's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 76.5% of Tuckahoe's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 23.5% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 195 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Tuckahoe ranks
Tuckahoe's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (94th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (88th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tuckahoe ranks 3,787 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,985 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 44 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Tuckahoe and the insurance market
At the 88th percentile nationally, Tuckahoe carries the very 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
Tuckahoe's 76.5% 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.
Where Tuckahoe's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 255 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Tuckahoe. The exposure-zones guide covers what Tuckahoe's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.