Etna, PA
Etna, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Etna at the 26th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,551 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Etna at the 26th percentile, close to its 26th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Etna rates 93.9% Minimal exposure against just 4.7% Direct and 1.4% Indirect — of 1,551 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Etna against the rest of the country
Etna scores 26th nationally and 31st 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, Etna ranks 23,269 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,951 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,372 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Etna
At the 26th national percentile, Etna 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 93.9% of Etna 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 Etna's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Etna's 23,269-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Etna's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.