Washington Crossing, NJ
Washington Crossing wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Washington Crossing at the 33rd national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 190 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Washington Crossing at the 32nd percentile, close to its 33rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
190 buildings are counted in Washington Crossing, and 72.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Washington Crossing compares
There's little gap between Washington Crossing's 33rd national percentile and its 30th 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, Washington Crossing ranks 21,278 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,252 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 494 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Washington Crossing and the insurance market
Washington Crossing's moderate rating (33rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Washington Crossing's 72.1% 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 Washington Crossing's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 190 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Washington Crossing. The exposure-zones guide covers what Washington Crossing's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.