Delmont, PA
Delmont, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Delmont at the 32nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,162 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Delmont's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 33rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Delmont (83.7% of 1,162 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 16.4% sit in the Direct zone.
How Delmont compares
Delmont scores 32nd nationally and 42nd within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Delmont ranks 21,569 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,882 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,157 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Delmont and the insurance market
Delmont's moderate rating (32nd 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 Delmont
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Delmont (83.7% 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
Delmont's 32nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Delmont, see the exposure-zones guide.