Bald Eagle, PA
Bald Eagle wildfire risk explained
Bald Eagle's 195 buildings earn a 55th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bald Eagle's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 54th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Bald Eagle: 86.2% of its 195 buildings, versus 13.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Bald Eagle ranks
Within Pennsylvania, Bald Eagle ranks higher (91st percentile) than it does nationally (55th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bald Eagle ranks 14,103 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,042 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 174 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Bald Eagle and the insurance market
Bald Eagle's elevated wildfire rating (55th 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 Bald Eagle
Bald Eagle's 86.2% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 195 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Bald Eagle. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bald Eagle, see the exposure-zones guide.