New Freeport, PA
New Freeport, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
New Freeport sits at the 45th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 78 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, New Freeport's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
Where New Freeport's buildings actually sit
78 buildings are counted in New Freeport, and 100% 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.
How New Freeport compares
Compare New Freeport's two percentiles: 73rd within Pennsylvania, only 45th nationally — a gap of 27 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Freeport ranks 17,284 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,986 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 545 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Freeport
At the 45th national percentile, New Freeport rates elevated 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 Freeport
New Freeport's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind New Freeport's 17,284-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 Freeport, see the exposure-zones guide.