Fredericksburg (Blair), PA
Fredericksburg (Blair) wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Fredericksburg (Blair) at the 41st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 151 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Fredericksburg (Blair)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
Where Fredericksburg (Blair)'s buildings actually sit
Most of Fredericksburg (Blair)'s buildings (79.5%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Fredericksburg (Blair) compares
Within Pennsylvania, Fredericksburg (Blair) 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, Fredericksburg (Blair) ranks 18,766 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,858 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 715 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
Fredericksburg (Blair)'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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 79.5% of Fredericksburg (Blair)'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 151 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Fredericksburg (Blair). For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Fredericksburg (Blair), see the exposure-zones guide.