New Salem (Fayette), PA
How exposed is New Salem (Fayette) to wildfire?
New Salem (Fayette)'s 392 buildings earn a 35th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (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 Salem (Fayette) at the 37th percentile, close to its 35th-percentile risk score.
New Salem (Fayette)'s building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in New Salem (Fayette): 54.3% of its 392 buildings, versus 45.7% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
New Salem (Fayette) against the rest of the country
New Salem (Fayette)'s risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (50th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (35th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, New Salem (Fayette) ranks 20,527 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,379 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,003 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
New Salem (Fayette)'s moderate rating (35th 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 Salem (Fayette)
New Salem (Fayette)'s 54.3% 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.
Where New Salem (Fayette)'s figures come from
New Salem (Fayette)'s 35th-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 Salem (Fayette)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.