Tarentum, PA
Tarentum wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Tarentum at the 28th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 2,125 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 Tarentum at the 28th percentile, close to its 28th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
96.6% of Tarentum's 2,125 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 3.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Tarentum against the rest of the country
Tarentum scores 28th nationally and 35th 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, Tarentum ranks 22,578 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,130 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,300 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Tarentum
At the 28th national percentile, Tarentum 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 Tarentum
Because 96.6% of Tarentum'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 2,125 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Tarentum. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Tarentum, see the exposure-zones guide.