Lemont Furnace, PA
Lemont Furnace, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Lemont Furnace sits at the 41st 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 396 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Lemont Furnace's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 40th percentile nationally.
Where Lemont Furnace's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 56.8% of Lemont Furnace's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 43.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 225 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Lemont Furnace compares
Compare Lemont Furnace's two percentiles: 65th within Pennsylvania, only 41st nationally — a gap of 24 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lemont Furnace ranks 18,545 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,309 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 696 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Lemont Furnace and the insurance market
Lemont Furnace's elevated rating (41st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Lemont Furnace
Lemont Furnace's 56.8% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 396 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lemont Furnace. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Lemont Furnace, see the exposure-zones guide.