Weston, NJ
Weston, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Weston lands at the 29th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 891 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Weston's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 30th percentile nationally.
Weston's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Weston (51.7% of 891 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 17.5% sit in the Direct zone.
How Weston compares
Weston's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (24th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (29th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Weston ranks 22,347 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,803 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 534 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
Weston's moderate rating (29th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Weston's 51.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Weston's 29th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Weston, see the exposure-zones guide.