Perryopolis, PA
Perryopolis, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Perryopolis lands at the 37th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 1,124 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Perryopolis at the 39th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Perryopolis's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 72.1% of Perryopolis's 1,124 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 27.9% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Perryopolis ranks
Within Pennsylvania, Perryopolis ranks higher (55th percentile) than it does nationally (37th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Perryopolis ranks 19,898 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,124 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 900 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Perryopolis
Perryopolis's moderate wildfire rating (37th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Perryopolis's 72.1% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Perryopolis's figures come from
Perryopolis's 37th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Perryopolis's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.