Orrtanna, PA
Orrtanna, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Orrtanna at the 46th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 114 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Orrtanna at the 45th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Orrtanna's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 66.7% of Orrtanna's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 33.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 76 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Orrtanna compares
Within Pennsylvania, Orrtanna ranks higher (73rd percentile) than it does nationally (46th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Orrtanna ranks 17,127 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,472 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 530 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Orrtanna
Orrtanna's elevated wildfire rating (46th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 66.7% of Orrtanna 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.
Where Orrtanna's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Orrtanna's 17,127-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Orrtanna's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.