Clintondale, PA
How exposed is Clintondale to wildfire?
Clintondale sits at the 47th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 124 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Clintondale at the 46th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Clintondale's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Clintondale: 62.9% of its 124 buildings, versus 37.1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Clintondale ranks
Clintondale's 76th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 47th 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, Clintondale ranks 16,683 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,002 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 477 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
Clintondale's elevated rating (47th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Clintondale
Because Direct exposure dominates in Clintondale (62.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Clintondale's 16,683-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Clintondale, see the exposure-zones guide.