Prospect Park (Cameron), PA
Prospect Park (Cameron) wildfire risk explained
Prospect Park (Cameron) sits at the 51st 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 221 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Prospect Park (Cameron) at the 50th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Prospect Park (Cameron)'s building exposure, zone by zone
51.1% of Prospect Park (Cameron)'s 221 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 48.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Prospect Park (Cameron) against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Prospect Park (Cameron) ranks higher (83rd percentile) than it does nationally (51st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Prospect Park (Cameron) ranks 15,610 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,097 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 347 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Prospect Park (Cameron)
At the 51st national percentile, Prospect Park (Cameron) rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Prospect Park (Cameron)
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Prospect Park (Cameron) (51.1% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Prospect Park (Cameron)'s figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 221 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Prospect Park (Cameron). The exposure-zones guide covers what Prospect Park (Cameron)'s dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.