Blairsville, PA
How exposed is Blairsville to wildfire?
USFS scores Blairsville at the 34th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,791 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 Blairsville at the 35th percentile, close to its 34th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Blairsville (93.6% of 1,791 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 6.4% sit in the Direct zone.
Blairsville against the rest of the country
Blairsville scores 34th nationally and 47th 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, Blairsville ranks 20,809 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,096 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,049 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Blairsville and the insurance market
At the 34th national percentile, Blairsville rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Blairsville
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Blairsville (93.6% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Blairsville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,791 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Blairsville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Blairsville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.