Catasauqua, PA
How exposed is Catasauqua to wildfire?
USFS scores Catasauqua at the 9th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,931 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Catasauqua's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
Catasauqua's building exposure, zone by zone
Catasauqua rates 93.4% Minimal exposure against just 6.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 1,931 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
How Catasauqua compares
Catasauqua scores 9th nationally and 7th 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, Catasauqua ranks 28,664 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,678 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,854 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
At the 9th national percentile, Catasauqua rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Catasauqua's 93.4% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Catasauqua's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Catasauqua's 28,664-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Catasauqua's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.