Salladasburg, PA
How exposed is Salladasburg to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Salladasburg at the 51st national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 163 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Salladasburg at the 51st national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Salladasburg's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Salladasburg: 68.1% of its 163 buildings, versus 31.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Salladasburg against the rest of the country
Compare Salladasburg's two percentiles: 83rd within Pennsylvania, only 51st nationally — a gap of 32 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Salladasburg ranks 15,579 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,299 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 343 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Salladasburg
At the 51st national percentile, Salladasburg rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 68.1% of Salladasburg 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 163 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Salladasburg. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Salladasburg, see the exposure-zones guide.