Donegal, PA
Donegal, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Donegal at the 40th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 106 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Donegal's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 39th percentile nationally.
Donegal's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Donegal's buildings (79.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Donegal against the rest of the country
Donegal's 62nd-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 40th 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, Donegal ranks 19,041 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,784 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 763 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Donegal
Donegal's moderate wildfire rating (40th 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
Donegal's 79.3% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Donegal's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Donegal's 19,041-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Donegal's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.