St. Vincent College, PA
How exposed is St. Vincent College to wildfire?
St. Vincent College sits at the 23rd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 30 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks St. Vincent College at the 24th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 100% of St. Vincent College's 30 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 0% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
St. Vincent College against the rest of the country
St. Vincent College scores 23rd nationally and 25th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, St. Vincent College ranks 24,372 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,364 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,489 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 23rd national percentile, St. Vincent College rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 100% of St. Vincent College'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
St. Vincent College's 23rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond St. Vincent College, see the exposure-zones guide.