Nazareth, PA
How exposed is Nazareth to wildfire?
Nazareth sits at the 16th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,450 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Nazareth at the 16th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Nazareth's buildings actually sit
Only 6.7% of Nazareth's 2,450 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 93.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Nazareth ranks
Nazareth scores 16th nationally and 16th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nazareth ranks 26,423 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,396 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,668 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Nazareth
Nazareth's low rating (16th 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
Nazareth's 93.3% 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.
Where Nazareth's figures come from
Nazareth's 16th-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 Nazareth's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.