East Salem, PA
How exposed is East Salem to wildfire?
East Salem's 146 buildings earn a 38th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts East Salem at the 37th percentile, close to its 38th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of East Salem's 146 counted buildings, 50% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where East Salem ranks
Compare East Salem's two percentiles: 56th within Pennsylvania, only 38th nationally — a gap of 19 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Salem ranks 19,644 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,042 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 871 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in East Salem
At the 38th national percentile, East Salem rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in East Salem
East Salem's 50% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where East Salem's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind East Salem's 19,644-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what East Salem's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.