Shinglehouse, PA
Shinglehouse, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Shinglehouse's 664 buildings earn a 24th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Shinglehouse at the 24th percentile, close to its 24th-percentile risk score.
Shinglehouse's building exposure, zone by zone
50.9% of Shinglehouse's 664 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 49.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Shinglehouse compares
Shinglehouse scores 24th nationally and 27th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shinglehouse ranks 24,124 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,020 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,462 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
Shinglehouse's moderate wildfire rating (24th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Shinglehouse's 50.9% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 664 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Shinglehouse. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Shinglehouse, see the exposure-zones guide.