Saltillo, PA
Saltillo, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Saltillo's 200 buildings earn a 60th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Saltillo at the 58th percentile, close to its 60th-percentile risk score.
Where Saltillo's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Saltillo: 50% of its 200 buildings, versus 50% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Saltillo ranks
Saltillo's 96th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 60th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Saltillo ranks 12,617 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,861 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 75 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
Saltillo's elevated wildfire rating (60th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
With 50% of Saltillo 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
Saltillo's 60th-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 Saltillo, see the exposure-zones guide.