Blandburg, PA
How exposed is Blandburg to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Blandburg lands at the 62nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 270 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Blandburg at the 59th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Blandburg: 78.9% of its 270 buildings, versus 21.1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Blandburg compares
Within Pennsylvania, Blandburg ranks higher (98th percentile) than it does nationally (62nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Blandburg ranks 12,048 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,515 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 50 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Blandburg and the insurance market
At the 62nd percentile nationally, Blandburg carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Blandburg (78.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Blandburg's 62nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Blandburg, see the exposure-zones guide.