Industry (Allegheny), PA
Industry (Allegheny) wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Industry (Allegheny) at the 33rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 283 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Industry (Allegheny)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
Industry (Allegheny)'s building exposure, zone by zone
283 buildings are counted in Industry (Allegheny), and 79.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 20.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Industry (Allegheny) ranks
Industry (Allegheny) scores 33rd nationally and 46th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Industry (Allegheny) ranks 21,000 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,104 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,077 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
Industry (Allegheny)'s moderate wildfire rating (33rd 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 Industry (Allegheny)
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Industry (Allegheny) (79.2% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Industry (Allegheny)'s 21,000-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Industry (Allegheny), see the exposure-zones guide.