Mahaffey, PA
Mahaffey, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Mahaffey's 246 buildings earn a 48th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mahaffey at the 48th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Mahaffey's buildings actually sit
246 buildings are counted in Mahaffey, and 63.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Mahaffey compares
Within Pennsylvania, Mahaffey ranks higher (78th percentile) than it does nationally (48th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mahaffey ranks 16,368 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,277 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 439 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mahaffey
Mahaffey's elevated wildfire rating (48th 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 Mahaffey
Because Direct exposure dominates in Mahaffey (63.8%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Mahaffey's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mahaffey's 16,368-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mahaffey's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.