Newtown (Schuylkill), PA
Newtown (Schuylkill) wildfire risk explained
Newtown (Schuylkill) sits at the 66th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 157 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Newtown (Schuylkill) at the 64th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Newtown (Schuylkill)'s building exposure, zone by zone
65% of Newtown (Schuylkill)'s 157 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 102 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 35% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Newtown (Schuylkill) against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Newtown (Schuylkill) ranks higher (99th percentile) than it does nationally (66th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Newtown (Schuylkill) ranks 10,879 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,583 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 18 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Newtown (Schuylkill)
Newtown (Schuylkill)'s 66th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Hardening a home in Newtown (Schuylkill)
With 65% of Newtown (Schuylkill) in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Newtown (Schuylkill)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Newtown (Schuylkill)'s 10,879-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Newtown (Schuylkill)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.