McClure, PA
How exposed is McClure to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, McClure lands at the 51st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 604 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts McClure at the 49th percentile, close to its 51st-percentile risk score.
Where McClure's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 53% of McClure's 604 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 47% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How McClure compares
Within Pennsylvania, McClure ranks higher (83rd percentile) than it does nationally (51st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, McClure ranks 15,577 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,794 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 341 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in McClure
At the 51st national percentile, McClure rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
McClure's 53% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where McClure's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind McClure's 15,577-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what McClure's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.