WildfireRiskFinder

Hampton, PA

Hampton, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers

Low
5thpercentile nationally

Hampton's 658 buildings earn a 5th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)

USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hampton at the 6th percentile, close to its 5th-percentile risk score.

Hampton's building exposure, zone by zone

658Total buildings
36.3%Direct exposure
35.6%Indirect exposure
28.1%Minimal exposure

Direct exposure dominates in Hampton: 36.3% of its 658 buildings, versus 35.6% Indirect and 28.1% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.

Where Hampton ranks

Hampton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (3rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (5th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hampton ranks 29,830 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,091 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,939 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

Hampton's low wildfire rating (5th 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.

What would actually reduce this score

With 36.3% of Hampton in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.

More on how this number was built

The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 658 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Hampton. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Hampton, see the exposure-zones guide.