Northwood, PA
Northwood wildfire risk explained
Northwood's 182 buildings earn a 46th-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 Northwood at the 45th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Northwood's buildings actually sit
74.7% of Northwood's 182 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 25.3% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Northwood compares
Within Pennsylvania, Northwood ranks higher (74th percentile) than it does nationally (46th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Northwood ranks 16,939 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,568 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 510 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Northwood and the insurance market
At the 46th national percentile, Northwood rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Northwood
Because 74.7% of Northwood'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 Northwood's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 182 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Northwood. The exposure-zones guide covers what Northwood's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.