Almedia, PA
How exposed is Almedia to wildfire?
USFS scores Almedia at the 32nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 686 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Almedia at the 33rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Almedia's building exposure, zone by zone
686 buildings are counted in Almedia, and 62% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 38.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Almedia ranks
Almedia's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (43rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (32nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Almedia ranks 21,439 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,809 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,140 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Almedia and the insurance market
At the 32nd national percentile, Almedia rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Almedia's 62% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Almedia's 21,439-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Almedia, see the exposure-zones guide.