Lamar, PA
How exposed is Lamar to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Lamar lands at the 52nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 472 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 Lamar at the 50th percentile, close to its 52nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 77.3% of Lamar's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 22.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 365 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Lamar against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Lamar ranks higher (86th percentile) than it does nationally (52nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lamar ranks 15,204 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,843 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 289 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lamar
At the 52nd national percentile, Lamar 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
Lamar's 77.3% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Lamar'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 direct exposure implies beyond Lamar, see the exposure-zones guide.