Nesquehoning, PA
Nesquehoning wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Nesquehoning at the 73rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,357 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Nesquehoning's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 70th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,357 buildings are counted in Nesquehoning, and 57.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 42.1% in Direct exposure or the 0.4% rated Minimal.
Nesquehoning against the rest of the country
Nesquehoning's 100th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 73rd 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, Nesquehoning ranks 8,580 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,799 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 2 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Nesquehoning
At the 73rd percentile nationally, Nesquehoning carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Nesquehoning (57.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Nesquehoning's 8,580-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Nesquehoning, see the exposure-zones guide.