Shenandoah, PA
Shenandoah, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Shenandoah at the 48th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 1,035 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Shenandoah at the 47th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Shenandoah's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Shenandoah (92.3% of 1,035 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 7.7% sit in the Direct zone.
How Shenandoah compares
Within Pennsylvania, Shenandoah ranks higher (77th percentile) than it does nationally (48th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shenandoah ranks 16,528 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,694 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 461 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shenandoah and the insurance market
At the 48th national percentile, Shenandoah rates elevated 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Shenandoah (92.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Shenandoah's 48th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Shenandoah, see the exposure-zones guide.