Mehoopany, PA
How exposed is Mehoopany to wildfire?
USFS scores Mehoopany at the 51st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 240 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mehoopany's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 52nd percentile nationally.
Mehoopany's building exposure, zone by zone
100% of Mehoopany's 240 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 240 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Mehoopany compares
Mehoopany's 84th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 51st 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, Mehoopany ranks 15,425 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,482 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 324 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Mehoopany and the insurance market
At the 51st national percentile, Mehoopany rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Mehoopany
Mehoopany's 100% 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.
Where Mehoopany's figures come from
Mehoopany's 51st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mehoopany's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.