Bentleyville, PA
Bentleyville, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bentleyville at the 35th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,438 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bentleyville at the 37th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
57.7% of Bentleyville's 1,438 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 42.3% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Bentleyville ranks
Bentleyville scores 35th nationally and 50th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bentleyville ranks 20,524 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,442 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,000 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Bentleyville and the insurance market
At the 35th national percentile, Bentleyville 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
Because 57.7% of Bentleyville's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Bentleyville's 20,524-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Bentleyville, see the exposure-zones guide.