Belsano, PA
Belsano wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Belsano at the 42nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 187 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Belsano at the 42nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Belsano's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Belsano's 187 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Belsano compares
Within Pennsylvania, Belsano ranks higher (67th percentile) than it does nationally (42nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Belsano ranks 18,260 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,365 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 650 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 42nd national percentile, Belsano rates elevated 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
Belsano's 100% 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.
Where Belsano's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Belsano's 18,260-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Belsano's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.