Seneca, PA
Seneca, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Seneca lands at the 38th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 952 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Seneca at the 38th percentile, close to its 38th-percentile risk score.
Seneca's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Seneca's 952 counted buildings, 56.4% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Seneca compares
Seneca's 56th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 38th 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, Seneca ranks 19,619 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,298 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 867 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
At the 38th national percentile, Seneca rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Seneca (56.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 952 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Seneca. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Seneca, see the exposure-zones guide.