Harrison City, PA
Harrison City wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Harrison City lands at the 25th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 83 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 Harrison City at the 27th percentile, close to its 25th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Harrison City (98.8% of 83 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 1.2% sit in the Direct zone.
Harrison City against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Harrison City's 25th national percentile and its 29th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Harrison City ranks 23,648 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,780 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,411 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Harrison City and the insurance market
At the 25th national percentile, Harrison City rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 98.8% of Harrison City'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.
Where Harrison City's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 83 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Harrison City. The exposure-zones guide covers what Harrison City's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.