Lemont, PA
How exposed is Lemont to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Lemont at the 46th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,122 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Lemont at the 43rd percentile, close to its 46th-percentile risk score.
Where Lemont's buildings actually sit
Most of Lemont's buildings (69.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Lemont compares
Compare Lemont's two percentiles: 73rd within Pennsylvania, only 46th nationally — a gap of 28 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Lemont ranks 17,157 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,144 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 532 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Lemont
At the 46th national percentile, Lemont rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Lemont (69.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Lemont's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,122 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Lemont. The exposure-zones guide covers what Lemont's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.