Callery, PA
How exposed is Callery to wildfire?
Callery sits at the 35th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 248 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Callery at the 37th percentile, close to its 35th-percentile risk score.
Callery's building exposure, zone by zone
248 buildings are counted in Callery, and 50.8% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 49.2% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Callery against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Callery ranks higher (51st percentile) than it does nationally (35th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Callery ranks 20,368 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,223 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 976 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Callery and the insurance market
At the 35th national percentile, Callery 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
Callery's 50.8% 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 Callery's figures come from
Callery's 35th-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 Callery's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.