East McKeesport, PA
East McKeesport, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts East McKeesport at the 26th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,111 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks East McKeesport at the 27th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
East McKeesport's building exposure, zone by zone
East McKeesport rates 86% Minimal exposure against just 6.9% Direct and 7.1% Indirect — of 1,111 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Where East McKeesport ranks
East McKeesport's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (31st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (26th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East McKeesport ranks 23,243 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,214 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,368 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
East McKeesport and the insurance market
At the 26th national percentile, East McKeesport rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Even with 86% of East McKeesport outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where East McKeesport's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind East McKeesport's 23,243-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what East McKeesport's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.