Charleroi, PA
How exposed is Charleroi to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Charleroi lands at the 27th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 2,203 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Charleroi at the 28th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Charleroi's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 86.1% of Charleroi's 2,203 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 3% Direct and 10.9% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Charleroi against the rest of the country
Charleroi scores 27th nationally and 32nd 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, Charleroi ranks 23,016 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,929 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,347 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Charleroi and the insurance market
At the 27th national percentile, Charleroi rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Charleroi
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Charleroi (86.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Charleroi's 27th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Charleroi, see the exposure-zones guide.