Harleigh, PA
Harleigh, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Harleigh lands at the 49th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 464 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Harleigh at the 48th percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
66.2% of Harleigh's 464 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 33.8% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Harleigh compares
Within Pennsylvania, Harleigh ranks higher (79th percentile) than it does nationally (49th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Harleigh ranks 16,241 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,994 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 415 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Harleigh and the insurance market
Harleigh's elevated rating (49th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Harleigh (66.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Harleigh's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 464 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Harleigh. The exposure-zones guide covers what Harleigh's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.