Wenonah, NJ
How exposed is Wenonah to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Wenonah at the 56th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 961 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wenonah's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 57th percentile nationally.
Wenonah's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Wenonah's 961 counted buildings, 54.6% carry Direct exposure and only 45.4% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Wenonah ranks
Wenonah scores 56th nationally and 65th 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, Wenonah ranks 13,968 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,217 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 247 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
Wenonah's elevated wildfire rating (56th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Wenonah's 54.6% 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.
More on how this number was built
Wenonah's 56th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Wenonah, see the exposure-zones guide.