Strabane, PA
Strabane wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Strabane at the 27th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 441 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Strabane at the 30th percentile, close to its 27th-percentile risk score.
Where Strabane's buildings actually sit
441 buildings are counted in Strabane, and 96.2% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 2.7% in Direct exposure or the 1.1% rated Minimal.
Where Strabane ranks
There's little gap between Strabane's 27th national percentile and its 33rd percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Strabane ranks 22,899 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,445 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,333 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Strabane and the insurance market
At the 27th national percentile, Strabane rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Strabane
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Strabane (96.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Strabane's figures come from
Strabane's 27th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Strabane's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.