South Connellsville, PA
How exposed is South Connellsville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts South Connellsville at the 44th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,032 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, South Connellsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
South Connellsville's building exposure, zone by zone
1,032 buildings are counted in South Connellsville, and 77.7% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 22.3% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
South Connellsville against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, South Connellsville ranks higher (70th percentile) than it does nationally (44th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, South Connellsville ranks 17,819 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,713 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 604 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in South Connellsville
South Connellsville's elevated rating (44th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in South Connellsville (77.7% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where South Connellsville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind South Connellsville's 17,819-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what South Connellsville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.