New Berlinville, PA
New Berlinville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores New Berlinville at the 14th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 743 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, New Berlinville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 13th percentile nationally.
Where New Berlinville's buildings actually sit
Most of New Berlinville's buildings (59.5%) 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 Berlinville ranks
New Berlinville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (14th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (14th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Berlinville ranks 26,958 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,203 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,713 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 14th national percentile, New Berlinville rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in New Berlinville
Because 59.5% of New Berlinville'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 743 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Berlinville. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond New Berlinville, see the exposure-zones guide.