St. Clair (Blair), PA
How exposed is St. Clair (Blair) to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, St. Clair (Blair) lands at the 48th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 35 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 St. Clair (Blair) at the 46th percentile, close to its 48th-percentile risk score.
Where St. Clair (Blair)'s buildings actually sit
100% of St. Clair (Blair)'s 35 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 35 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How St. Clair (Blair) compares
Compare St. Clair (Blair)'s two percentiles: 78th within Pennsylvania, only 48th nationally — a gap of 30 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. Clair (Blair) ranks 16,371 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,282 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 442 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
St. Clair (Blair) and the insurance market
St. Clair (Blair)'s elevated rating (48th 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 100% of St. Clair (Blair) in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where St. Clair (Blair)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind St. Clair (Blair)'s 16,371-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what St. Clair (Blair)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.