New Schaefferstown, PA
How exposed is New Schaefferstown to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts New Schaefferstown at the 24th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 168 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks New Schaefferstown at the 23rd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
63.7% of New Schaefferstown's 168 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 107 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 36.3% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
New Schaefferstown against the rest of the country
New Schaefferstown scores 24th nationally and 27th 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 Schaefferstown ranks 24,060 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,111 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,452 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
New Schaefferstown and the insurance market
New Schaefferstown's moderate rating (24th 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 Schaefferstown
New Schaefferstown's 63.7% 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 Schaefferstown's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 168 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for New Schaefferstown. The exposure-zones guide covers what New Schaefferstown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.