St. Lawrence, PA
St. Lawrence, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
St. Lawrence sits at the 19th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 614 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (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. Lawrence at the 17th percentile, close to its 19th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Indirect exposure is dominant in St. Lawrence (66% of 614 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 34% sit in the Direct zone.
Where St. Lawrence ranks
St. Lawrence's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (21st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (19th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. Lawrence ranks 25,508 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,647 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,584 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence's low rating (19th 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
Because 66% of St. Lawrence'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 614 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for St. Lawrence. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond St. Lawrence, see the exposure-zones guide.