Mohnton, PA
How exposed is Mohnton to wildfire?
Mohnton's 1,079 buildings earn a 23rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mohnton at the 21st percentile, close to its 23rd-percentile risk score.
Where Mohnton's buildings actually sit
1,079 buildings are counted in Mohnton, and 74.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 25.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Mohnton against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Mohnton's 23rd national percentile and its 26th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mohnton ranks 24,310 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,410 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,483 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mohnton
Mohnton's moderate rating (23rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Mohnton
Mohnton's 74.6% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,079 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mohnton. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Mohnton, see the exposure-zones guide.