Dayton, PA
How exposed is Dayton to wildfire?
Dayton's 388 buildings earn a 39th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dayton at the 41st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Dayton's building exposure, zone by zone
71.7% of Dayton's 388 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 28.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Dayton ranks
Compare Dayton's two percentiles: 61st within Pennsylvania, only 39th nationally — a gap of 22 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dayton ranks 19,172 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,453 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 779 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dayton
Dayton's moderate wildfire rating (39th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 71.7% of Dayton's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Dayton's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 388 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dayton. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dayton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.