Blaine Hill, PA
Blaine Hill wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Blaine Hill at the 29th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 383 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Blaine Hill at the 30th percentile, close to its 29th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
96.6% of Blaine Hill's 383 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 3.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Blaine Hill ranks
Blaine Hill's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (36th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (29th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blaine Hill ranks 22,447 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,572 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,282 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Blaine Hill and the insurance market
At the 29th national percentile, Blaine Hill rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Blaine Hill's 96.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Blaine Hill's 22,447-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Blaine Hill, see the exposure-zones guide.