Irvona, PA
How exposed is Irvona to wildfire?
Irvona sits at the 51st 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 390 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Irvona's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 51st percentile nationally.
Where Irvona's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Irvona (53.1% of 390 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 46.9% sit in the Direct zone.
How Irvona compares
Compare Irvona's two percentiles: 84th within Pennsylvania, only 51st nationally — a gap of 33 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Irvona ranks 15,390 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,414 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 316 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
At the 51st national percentile, Irvona rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 53.1% of Irvona'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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Irvona's 15,390-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Irvona, see the exposure-zones guide.