Canadohta Lake, PA
How exposed is Canadohta Lake to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Canadohta Lake lands at the 40th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 934 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Canadohta Lake's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 41st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Canadohta Lake (50% of 934 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 47.1% sit in the Direct zone.
How Canadohta Lake compares
Canadohta Lake's 61st-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 40th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Canadohta Lake ranks 19,082 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,435 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 771 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Canadohta Lake and the insurance market
Canadohta Lake's moderate rating (40th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Canadohta Lake's 50% 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 Canadohta Lake's figures come from
Canadohta Lake's 40th-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 Canadohta Lake's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.