St. Clair (Schuylkill), PA
How exposed is St. Clair (Schuylkill) to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts St. Clair (Schuylkill) at the 57th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 882 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks St. Clair (Schuylkill) at the 55th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in St. Clair (Schuylkill) (88% of 882 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 12% sit in the Direct zone.
St. Clair (Schuylkill) against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, St. Clair (Schuylkill) ranks higher (93rd percentile) than it does nationally (57th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. Clair (Schuylkill) ranks 13,597 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,889 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 134 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
St. Clair (Schuylkill) and the insurance market
St. Clair (Schuylkill)'s elevated rating (57th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 88% of St. Clair (Schuylkill)'s buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where St. Clair (Schuylkill)'s figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 882 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for St. Clair (Schuylkill). The exposure-zones guide covers what St. Clair (Schuylkill)'s dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.