East Conemaugh, PA
How exposed is East Conemaugh to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, East Conemaugh lands at the 37th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 576 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, East Conemaugh's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 36th percentile nationally.
East Conemaugh's building exposure, zone by zone
95% of East Conemaugh's 576 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
East Conemaugh against the rest of the country
Compare East Conemaugh's two percentiles: 55th within Pennsylvania, only 37th nationally — a gap of 18 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Conemaugh ranks 19,895 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,166 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 897 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
East Conemaugh and the insurance market
At the 37th national percentile, East Conemaugh rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 95% of East Conemaugh'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.
More on how this number was built
East Conemaugh's 37th-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 East Conemaugh, see the exposure-zones guide.