Oreminea, PA
How exposed is Oreminea to wildfire?
USFS scores Oreminea at the 43rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 66 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Oreminea's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Oreminea: 97% of its 66 buildings, versus 3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Oreminea compares
Compare Oreminea's two percentiles: 69th within Pennsylvania, only 43rd nationally — a gap of 26 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Oreminea ranks 18,040 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,447 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 624 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Oreminea
Oreminea's elevated rating (43rd 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 Oreminea
Because Direct exposure dominates in Oreminea (97%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 66 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Oreminea. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Oreminea, see the exposure-zones guide.