Callensburg, PA
Callensburg, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Callensburg's 138 buildings earn a 42nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Callensburg at the 43rd national percentile — 1 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
63% of Callensburg's 138 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 37% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Callensburg ranks
Compare Callensburg's two percentiles: 66th within Pennsylvania, only 42nd nationally — a gap of 25 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Callensburg ranks 18,318 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,377 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 665 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
Callensburg's elevated rating (42nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Callensburg's 63% 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.
Where Callensburg's figures come from
Callensburg's 42nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Callensburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.