Ebensburg, PA
Ebensburg, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Ebensburg at the 30th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,586 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Ebensburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 30th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 80.3% of Ebensburg's 1,586 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 19.7% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Ebensburg compares
There's little gap between Ebensburg's 30th national percentile and its 39th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ebensburg ranks 22,040 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,809 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,224 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Ebensburg
At the 30th national percentile, Ebensburg 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
Because 80.3% of Ebensburg'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.
Where Ebensburg's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Ebensburg's 22,040-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Ebensburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.