East Smithfield, PA
East Smithfield wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts East Smithfield at the 42nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 232 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks East Smithfield at the 43rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where East Smithfield's buildings actually sit
99.1% of East Smithfield's 232 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 230 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0.9% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
East Smithfield against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, East Smithfield ranks higher (66th percentile) than it does nationally (42nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Smithfield ranks 18,416 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,748 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 683 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
East Smithfield's elevated rating (42nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in East Smithfield
East Smithfield's 99.1% 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 Smithfield's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 232 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for East Smithfield. The exposure-zones guide covers what East Smithfield's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.