Emlenton, PA
How exposed is Emlenton to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Emlenton lands at the 41st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 419 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Emlenton at the 41st national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Emlenton's building exposure, zone by zone
74.9% of Emlenton's 419 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 25.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Emlenton against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Emlenton ranks higher (64th percentile) than it does nationally (41st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Emlenton ranks 18,765 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,843 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 714 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Emlenton
Emlenton's elevated rating (41st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Emlenton's 74.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Emlenton's 41st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Emlenton, see the exposure-zones guide.