New Beaver, PA
New Beaver wildfire risk explained
New Beaver sits at the 35th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,193 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 New Beaver at the 35th percentile, close to its 35th-percentile risk score.
New Beaver's building exposure, zone by zone
1,193 buildings are counted in New Beaver, and 78.5% 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% rated Minimal.
Where New Beaver ranks
Compare New Beaver's two percentiles: 50th within Pennsylvania, only 35th nationally — a gap of 15 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Beaver ranks 20,469 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,692 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 994 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
New Beaver and the insurance market
At the 35th national percentile, New Beaver rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in New Beaver (78.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where New Beaver's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,193 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Beaver. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Beaver's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.