Riverside (Cambria), PA
How exposed is Riverside (Cambria) to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Riverside (Cambria) at the 38th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 207 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Riverside (Cambria) at the 36th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Riverside (Cambria)'s building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Riverside (Cambria)'s buildings (87.4%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Riverside (Cambria) ranks
Compare Riverside (Cambria)'s two percentiles: 56th within Pennsylvania, only 38th nationally — a gap of 18 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Riverside (Cambria) ranks 19,645 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,620 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 872 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Riverside (Cambria)
Riverside (Cambria)'s moderate rating (38th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Riverside (Cambria)'s 87.4% 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 Riverside (Cambria)'s figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 207 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Riverside (Cambria). The exposure-zones guide covers what Riverside (Cambria)'s dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.