Alleghenyville, PA
Alleghenyville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Alleghenyville at the 19th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 581 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Alleghenyville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 16th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
95.4% of Alleghenyville's 581 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 554 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 4.7% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Alleghenyville compares
There's little gap between Alleghenyville's 19th national percentile and its 20th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Alleghenyville ranks 25,571 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,099 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,586 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Alleghenyville and the insurance market
Alleghenyville's low rating (19th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Alleghenyville
With 95.4% of Alleghenyville 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 Alleghenyville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 581 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Alleghenyville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Alleghenyville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.