New Columbus, PA
New Columbus, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
New Columbus's 207 buildings earn a 49th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (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 Columbus at the 51st percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
Where New Columbus's buildings actually sit
79.7% of New Columbus's 207 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 165 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 20.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How New Columbus compares
New Columbus's 80th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 49th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Columbus ranks 16,021 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,619 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 392 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 49th national percentile, New Columbus rates elevated 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
With 79.7% of New Columbus in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Columbus's 16,021-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond New Columbus, see the exposure-zones guide.