Coalport, PA
Coalport wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Coalport at the 54th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 277 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Coalport at the 54th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Coalport's buildings actually sit
92.8% of Coalport's 277 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 7.2% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Coalport against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Coalport ranks higher (88th percentile) than it does nationally (54th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Coalport ranks 14,663 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,301 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 230 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Coalport and the insurance market
Coalport's elevated rating (54th 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 Coalport
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Coalport (92.8% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 277 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Coalport. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Coalport, see the exposure-zones guide.