Red Hill (Blair), PA
Red Hill (Blair) wildfire risk explained
Red Hill (Blair)'s 55 buildings earn a 53rd-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Red Hill (Blair) at the 52nd national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
55 buildings are counted in Red Hill (Blair), and 89.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Red Hill (Blair) compares
Within Pennsylvania, Red Hill (Blair) ranks higher (88th percentile) than it does nationally (53rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Red Hill (Blair) ranks 14,699 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,799 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 235 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
Red Hill (Blair)'s elevated rating (53rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 89.1% of Red Hill (Blair) 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.
Where Red Hill (Blair)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Red Hill (Blair)'s 14,699-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Red Hill (Blair)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.