Leechburg, PA
How exposed is Leechburg to wildfire?
Leechburg sits at the 35th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,040 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Leechburg at the 35th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Leechburg's building exposure, zone by zone
98.7% of Leechburg's 1,040 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 1.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Leechburg ranks
Leechburg scores 35th nationally and 49th 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, Leechburg ranks 20,624 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,657 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,022 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Leechburg
Leechburg's moderate wildfire rating (35th 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 Leechburg
Because 98.7% of Leechburg'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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,040 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Leechburg. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Leechburg, see the exposure-zones guide.