Leesport, PA
Leesport, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Leesport at the 29th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 728 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Leesport at the 30th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in Leesport (88.9% of 728 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 11.1% sit in the Direct zone.
Leesport against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Leesport's 29th national percentile and its 35th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Leesport ranks 22,484 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,366 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,287 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
Leesport's moderate rating (29th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Leesport (88.9% 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 Leesport's 22,484-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Leesport, see the exposure-zones guide.