New Castle Northwest, PA
New Castle Northwest wildfire risk explained
USFS scores New Castle Northwest at the 26th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 811 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, New Castle Northwest's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 27th percentile nationally.
New Castle Northwest's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in New Castle Northwest (59.1% of 811 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 14.9% sit in the Direct zone.
New Castle Northwest against the rest of the country
New Castle Northwest scores 26th nationally and 31st 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, New Castle Northwest ranks 23,336 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,549 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,380 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Castle Northwest
New Castle Northwest's moderate rating (26th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in New Castle Northwest
New Castle Northwest's 59.1% 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
New Castle Northwest's 26th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond New Castle Northwest, see the exposure-zones guide.