Ashland, PA
Ashland, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Ashland's 917 buildings earn a 57th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Ashland at the 55th percentile, close to its 57th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
88.4% of Ashland's 917 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 11.6% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Ashland compares
Within Pennsylvania, Ashland ranks higher (94th percentile) than it does nationally (57th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ashland ranks 13,501 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,583 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 124 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ashland
Ashland's elevated wildfire rating (57th 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 Ashland
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Ashland (88.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Ashland's figures come from
Ashland's 57th-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 Ashland's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.