Laflin, PA
How exposed is Laflin to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Laflin lands at the 45th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 637 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 Laflin at the 44th percentile, close to its 45th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Laflin's buildings (74.1% of 637) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Laflin against the rest of the country
Laflin's 72nd-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 45th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Laflin ranks 17,466 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,386 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 563 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Laflin and the insurance market
Laflin's elevated wildfire rating (45th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 74.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Laflin gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Laflin's 45th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Laflin, see the exposure-zones guide.