Orviston, PA
How exposed is Orviston to wildfire?
Orviston's 82 buildings earn a 59th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Orviston's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 57th percentile nationally.
Orviston's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 100% of Orviston's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 82 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Orviston against the rest of the country
Compare Orviston's two percentiles: 96th within Pennsylvania, only 59th nationally — a gap of 36 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Orviston ranks 12,812 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,821 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 86 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Orviston
Orviston's elevated rating (59th 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 Orviston
Orviston's 100% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Orviston's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Orviston's 12,812-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Orviston's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.