Galeton, PA
Galeton, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Galeton's 676 buildings earn a 36th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Galeton at the 36th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Galeton's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 52.5% of Galeton's 676 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 47.5% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Galeton ranks
Galeton's 53rd-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 36th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Galeton ranks 20,087 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,916 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 934 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Galeton and the insurance market
At the 36th national percentile, Galeton 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Galeton (52.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Galeton's 36th-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 Galeton, see the exposure-zones guide.