Hastings, PA
Hastings wildfire risk explained
Hastings sits at the 52nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 724 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 Hastings at the 51st percentile, close to its 52nd-percentile risk score.
Where Hastings's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 76.8% of Hastings's 724 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 23.2% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Hastings compares
Compare Hastings's two percentiles: 85th within Pennsylvania, only 52nd nationally — a gap of 34 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hastings ranks 15,263 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,408 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 297 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
Hastings's elevated wildfire rating (52nd 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 Hastings
Hastings's 76.8% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Hastings's 52nd-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 Hastings, see the exposure-zones guide.