Wallington, NJ
Wallington wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Wallington lands at the 13th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 2,834 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wallington's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 15th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Wallington rates 99.4% Minimal exposure against just 0.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 2,834 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Wallington against the rest of the country
Wallington scores 13th nationally and 0th 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, Wallington ranks 27,515 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,689 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 697 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wallington
At the 13th national percentile, Wallington rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Wallington's 99.4% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Wallington's figures come from
Wallington's 13th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wallington's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.