Glassport, PA
How exposed is Glassport to wildfire?
Glassport sits at the 27th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 2,394 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Glassport at the 28th percentile, close to its 27th-percentile risk score.
Glassport's building exposure, zone by zone
91.7% of Glassport's 2,394 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 3.8% Direct and 4.6% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Glassport ranks
There's little gap between Glassport's 27th national percentile and its 33rd percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glassport ranks 22,954 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,525 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,337 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Glassport
Glassport's moderate wildfire rating (27th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Glassport
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Glassport (91.7% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,394 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Glassport. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Glassport, see the exposure-zones guide.