East Pittsburgh, PA
East Pittsburgh wildfire risk explained
USFS scores East Pittsburgh at the 23rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 685 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, East Pittsburgh's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 24th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 99.4% of East Pittsburgh's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 0.6% Direct and 0% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
How East Pittsburgh compares
East Pittsburgh scores 23rd nationally and 26th 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, East Pittsburgh ranks 24,188 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,819 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,466 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
East Pittsburgh and the insurance market
At the 23rd national percentile, East Pittsburgh 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 99.4% of East Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind East Pittsburgh's 24,188-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what East Pittsburgh's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.