Nealmont, PA
Nealmont wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Nealmont at the 45th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 38 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Nealmont at the 44th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Nealmont's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Nealmont's 38 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Nealmont ranks
Compare Nealmont's two percentiles: 73rd within Pennsylvania, only 45th nationally — a gap of 27 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Nealmont ranks 17,248 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,213 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 544 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Nealmont and the insurance market
Nealmont's elevated rating (45th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 100% of Nealmont 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 38 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Nealmont. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Nealmont, see the exposure-zones guide.