Aldan, PA
Aldan, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Aldan's 1,478 buildings earn a 13th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Aldan's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 15th percentile nationally.
Where Aldan's buildings actually sit
Only 6.3% of Aldan's 1,478 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 93.7% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Aldan ranks
Aldan's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (11th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (13th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Aldan ranks 27,591 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,265 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,772 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Aldan and the insurance market
Aldan's low wildfire rating (13th 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.
Hardening a home in Aldan
With 93.7% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Aldan gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Aldan's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,478 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Aldan. The exposure-zones guide covers what Aldan's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.