New Berlin, PA
New Berlin wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts New Berlin at the 34th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 464 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Berlin at the 33rd national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of New Berlin's buildings (87.9%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where New Berlin ranks
New Berlin'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 Berlin ranks 20,784 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,995 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,046 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
New Berlin and the insurance market
New Berlin'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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
New Berlin's 87.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 464 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Berlin. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond New Berlin, see the exposure-zones guide.