Vincentown, NJ
Vincentown, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Vincentown lands at the 50th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 293 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Vincentown at the 50th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Vincentown's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 59.7% of Vincentown's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 40.3% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Vincentown ranks
There's little gap between Vincentown's 50th national percentile and its 56th percentile inside New Jersey, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Vincentown ranks 15,888 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,829 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 311 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 50th national percentile, Vincentown rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Vincentown
Even with 59.7% of Vincentown outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Vincentown's 50th-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 Vincentown, see the exposure-zones guide.