White House Station, NJ
White House Station wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, White House Station 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 1,088 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, White House Station's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 28th percentile nationally.
Where White House Station's buildings actually sit
1,088 buildings are counted in White House Station, and 54.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.3% rated Minimal.
Where White House Station ranks
There's little gap between White House Station's 29th national percentile and its 24th 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, White House Station ranks 22,256 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,352 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 530 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
At the 29th national percentile, White House Station rates moderate 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 White House Station
White House Station's 54.2% 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
White House Station'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 direct exposure implies beyond White House Station, see the exposure-zones guide.