Yorketown, NJ
Yorketown, NJ's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Yorketown at the 61st national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,994 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 Yorketown at the 60th percentile, close to its 61st-percentile risk score.
Where Yorketown's buildings actually sit
Of Yorketown's 1,994 counted buildings, 46.6% carry Direct exposure and only 32.4% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Yorketown compares
Yorketown's risk sits at a similar level relative to New Jersey (70th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (61st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Yorketown ranks 12,395 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,493 by building count (1 is largest). Within New Jersey alone, it ranks 212 of 700 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for New Jersey on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Yorketown
At the 61st percentile nationally, Yorketown carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Yorketown
With 46.6% of Yorketown in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Yorketown's figures come from
Yorketown's 61st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Yorketown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.