North Braddock, PA
North Braddock wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, North Braddock lands at the 24th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 2,489 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, North Braddock's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 25th percentile nationally.
Where North Braddock's buildings actually sit
98.8% of North Braddock's 2,489 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 1.2% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How North Braddock compares
North Braddock scores 24th nationally and 28th 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, North Braddock ranks 23,933 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,318 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,437 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
North Braddock and the insurance market
North Braddock's moderate rating (24th 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 North Braddock
North Braddock's 98.8% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind North Braddock's 23,933-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond North Braddock, see the exposure-zones guide.