Conyngham, PA
Conyngham, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Conyngham's 924 buildings earn a 44th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Conyngham's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 43rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 58.2% of Conyngham's 924 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 41.8% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Conyngham compares
Within Pennsylvania, Conyngham ranks higher (71st percentile) than it does nationally (44th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Conyngham ranks 17,598 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,521 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 578 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Conyngham
At the 44th national percentile, Conyngham rates elevated 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 Conyngham
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Conyngham (58.2% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Conyngham's 17,598-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Conyngham, see the exposure-zones guide.