Monessen, PA
How exposed is Monessen to wildfire?
Monessen sits at the 26th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 4,306 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Monessen's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 27th percentile nationally.
Monessen's building exposure, zone by zone
Monessen rates 63.9% Minimal exposure against just 7.8% Direct and 28.3% Indirect — of 4,306 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Monessen against the rest of the country
Monessen scores 26th nationally and 30th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Monessen ranks 23,495 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,974 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,397 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Monessen and the insurance market
At the 26th national percentile, Monessen rates moderate 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 Monessen
With 63.9% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Monessen gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Monessen's 26th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Monessen, see the exposure-zones guide.