Newport, PA
Newport, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Newport's 541 buildings earn a 42nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Newport at the 41st 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 Newport's buildings (98%) 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.
Where Newport ranks
Newport's 67th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 42nd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newport ranks 18,262 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,712 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 652 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Newport
At the 42nd national percentile, Newport rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 98% of Newport'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 Newport's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 541 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Newport. The exposure-zones guide covers what Newport's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.