Moshannon, PA
How exposed is Moshannon to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Moshannon at the 56th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 197 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Moshannon at the 55th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Moshannon's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Moshannon: 100% of its 197 buildings, versus 0% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Moshannon ranks
Moshannon's 92nd-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 56th 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, Moshannon ranks 14,005 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,976 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 169 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Moshannon
Moshannon's elevated rating (56th 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 Moshannon
Moshannon'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 197 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Moshannon. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Moshannon, see the exposure-zones guide.