Bellevue, PA
How exposed is Bellevue to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bellevue at the 26th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 2,840 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bellevue's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Bellevue's buildings (98.6% of 2,840) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Where Bellevue ranks
There's little gap between Bellevue's 26th national percentile and its 30th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bellevue ranks 23,395 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,679 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,387 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Bellevue and the insurance market
At the 26th national percentile, Bellevue rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 98.6% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Bellevue gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Bellevue's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bellevue's 23,395-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bellevue's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.