Point Marion, PA
Point Marion wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Point Marion at the 37th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 544 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Point Marion at the 39th percentile, close to its 37th-percentile risk score.
Where Point Marion's buildings actually sit
544 buildings are counted in Point Marion, and 88.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 11% in Direct exposure or the 0.9% rated Minimal.
Point Marion against the rest of the country
Point Marion's 55th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 37th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Point Marion ranks 19,924 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,661 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 905 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Point Marion
Point Marion's moderate rating (37th 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 Point Marion
Because 88.1% of Point Marion's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Point Marion's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 544 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Point Marion. The exposure-zones guide covers what Point Marion's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.