New Alexandria, PA
New Alexandria wildfire risk explained
USFS scores New Alexandria at the 34th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 366 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts New Alexandria at the 35th percentile, close to its 34th-percentile risk score.
Where New Alexandria's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in New Alexandria (66.4% of 366 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 33.6% sit in the Direct zone.
Where New Alexandria ranks
New Alexandria's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (48th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (34th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Alexandria ranks 20,751 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,947 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,040 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Alexandria
New Alexandria's moderate rating (34th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 66.4% of New Alexandria's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where New Alexandria's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Alexandria's 20,751-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Alexandria's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.