Mingoville, PA
Mingoville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mingoville lands at the 54th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 360 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mingoville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 52nd percentile nationally.
Mingoville's building exposure, zone by zone
360 buildings are counted in Mingoville, and 68.6% 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.
Mingoville against the rest of the country
Mingoville's 89th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 54th 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, Mingoville ranks 14,665 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,065 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 232 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mingoville
Mingoville's elevated wildfire rating (54th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 68.6% of Mingoville 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 360 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mingoville. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mingoville, see the exposure-zones guide.