Allenwood, PA
Allenwood wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Allenwood at the 36th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 218 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Allenwood's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
Allenwood's building exposure, zone by zone
62.4% of Allenwood's 218 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 37.6% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Allenwood ranks
Within Pennsylvania, Allenwood ranks higher (52nd percentile) than it does nationally (36th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Allenwood ranks 20,145 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,216 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 946 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Allenwood and the insurance market
At the 36th national percentile, Allenwood rates moderate 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 Allenwood
Because 62.4% of Allenwood'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 Allenwood's figures come from
Allenwood's 36th-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 Allenwood's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.