Newburg (Blair), PA
How exposed is Newburg (Blair) to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Newburg (Blair) lands at the 48th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 208 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Newburg (Blair) at the 46th national percentile — 1 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
Most of Newburg (Blair)'s buildings (77.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Newburg (Blair) compares
Within Pennsylvania, Newburg (Blair) ranks higher (77th percentile) than it does nationally (48th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newburg (Blair) ranks 16,494 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,574 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 455 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Newburg (Blair) and the insurance market
Newburg (Blair)'s elevated rating (48th 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 Newburg (Blair)
Because 77.4% of Newburg (Blair)'s buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Newburg (Blair)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Newburg (Blair)'s 16,494-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Newburg (Blair)'s dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.