Newtown Grant, PA
How exposed is Newtown Grant to wildfire?
USFS scores Newtown Grant at the 31st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,225 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Newtown Grant at the 31st percentile, close to its 31st-percentile risk score.
Newtown Grant's building exposure, zone by zone
56.7% of Newtown Grant's 1,225 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 43.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Newtown Grant ranks
There's little gap between Newtown Grant's 31st national percentile and its 40th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newtown Grant ranks 21,789 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,498 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,192 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Newtown Grant and the insurance market
At the 31st national percentile, Newtown Grant rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Newtown Grant's 56.7% 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.
Where Newtown Grant's figures come from
Newtown Grant's 31st-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 Newtown Grant's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.