New Paris, PA
New Paris, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, New Paris lands at the 48th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 100 buildings, not the land around them. (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 Paris at the 48th percentile, close to its 48th-percentile risk score.
Where New Paris's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 57% of New Paris's 100 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 43% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How New Paris compares
Compare New Paris's two percentiles: 78th within Pennsylvania, only 48th nationally — a gap of 30 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Paris ranks 16,397 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,051 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 444 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in New Paris
New Paris's elevated wildfire rating (48th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
New Paris's 57% 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.
Where New Paris's figures come from
New Paris's 48th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Paris's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.