South Uniontown, PA
South Uniontown, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts South Uniontown at the 24th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 703 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, South Uniontown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 26th percentile nationally.
South Uniontown's building exposure, zone by zone
86.5% of South Uniontown's 703 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 13.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
South Uniontown against the rest of the country
There's little gap between South Uniontown's 24th national percentile and its 28th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, South Uniontown ranks 23,901 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,625 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,434 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in South Uniontown
South Uniontown's moderate rating (24th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in South Uniontown
South Uniontown's 86.5% 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.
Where South Uniontown's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind South Uniontown's 23,901-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what South Uniontown's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.