McVeytown, PA
How exposed is McVeytown to wildfire?
McVeytown's 197 buildings earn a 44th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts McVeytown at the 43rd percentile, close to its 44th-percentile risk score.
McVeytown's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in McVeytown (83.8% of 197 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 16.2% sit in the Direct zone.
McVeytown against the rest of the country
McVeytown's 71st-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 44th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, McVeytown ranks 17,697 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,974 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 586 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in McVeytown
At the 44th national percentile, McVeytown 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
Because 83.8% of McVeytown's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
McVeytown's 44th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond McVeytown, see the exposure-zones guide.