Steelton, PA
How exposed is Steelton to wildfire?
USFS scores Steelton at the 19th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,992 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Steelton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 20th percentile nationally.
Where Steelton's buildings actually sit
Only 1.4% of Steelton's 1,992 buildings carry Direct exposure and 20.3% carry Indirect; the remaining 78.4% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Steelton compares
Steelton scores 19th nationally and 21st 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, Steelton ranks 25,417 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,505 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,575 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
Steelton'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.
Hardening a home in Steelton
With 78.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Steelton gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Steelton's 25,417-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Steelton, see the exposure-zones guide.