Newton Hamilton, PA
Newton Hamilton, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Newton Hamilton lands at the 46th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 126 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Newton Hamilton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 45th percentile nationally.
Where Newton Hamilton's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 65.1% of Newton Hamilton's 126 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 34.9% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Newton Hamilton compares
Compare Newton Hamilton's two percentiles: 74th within Pennsylvania, only 46th nationally — a gap of 28 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newton Hamilton ranks 16,970 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,916 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 513 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Newton Hamilton
Newton Hamilton's elevated wildfire rating (46th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Newton Hamilton's 65.1% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Newton Hamilton's 16,970-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Newton Hamilton, see the exposure-zones guide.