Millerstown (Blair), PA
Millerstown (Blair), PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Millerstown (Blair) lands at the 35th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 21 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Millerstown (Blair)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 31st percentile nationally.
Millerstown (Blair)'s building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 57.1% of Millerstown (Blair)'s buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 42.9% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 12 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most. This is a small settlement by building count — 21 total — so these shares describe a handful of structures, not a statistical average across thousands.
Millerstown (Blair) against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Millerstown (Blair)'s 35th national percentile and its 49th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Millerstown (Blair) ranks 20,586 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,457 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,015 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Millerstown (Blair)
At the 35th national percentile, Millerstown (Blair) rates moderate 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
With 57.1% of Millerstown (Blair) in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Millerstown (Blair)'s 20,586-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. At 21 buildings, Millerstown (Blair) is close to the size where USFS's data gets thin — the data-quality guide explains why 517 places nationally get no score at all.