Clinton (Allegheny), PA
How exposed is Clinton (Allegheny) to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Clinton (Allegheny) lands at the 37th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 569 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Clinton (Allegheny) at the 39th percentile, close to its 37th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
569 buildings are counted in Clinton (Allegheny), and 50.6% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Clinton (Allegheny) ranks
Clinton (Allegheny)'s 56th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 37th 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, Clinton (Allegheny) ranks 19,743 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,273 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 882 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Clinton (Allegheny)
Clinton (Allegheny)'s moderate wildfire rating (37th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 50.6% of Clinton (Allegheny) in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Clinton (Allegheny)'s 19,743-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Clinton (Allegheny), see the exposure-zones guide.