Westville, NJ
Westville wildfire risk explained
Westville sits at the 47th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,653 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Westville at the 49th percentile, close to its 47th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Westville's buildings (97.1% of 1,653) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Westville against the rest of the country
Westville's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (53rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (47th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Westville ranks 16,645 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,586 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 332 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Westville and the insurance market
At the 47th national percentile, Westville 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 Westville
Westville's 97.1% 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.
More on how this number was built
Westville's 47th-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 Westville, see the exposure-zones guide.