Port Clinton, PA
Port Clinton, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Port Clinton sits at the 54th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 174 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Port Clinton at the 52nd percentile, close to its 54th-percentile risk score.
Where Port Clinton's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 82.8% of Port Clinton's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 17.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 144 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Port Clinton ranks
Compare Port Clinton's two percentiles: 89th within Pennsylvania, only 54th nationally — a gap of 35 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Port Clinton ranks 14,543 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,868 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 217 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 54th national percentile, Port Clinton rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 82.8% of Port Clinton 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.
More on how this number was built
Port Clinton's 54th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Port Clinton, see the exposure-zones guide.