Tunnelhill, PA
How exposed is Tunnelhill to wildfire?
USFS scores Tunnelhill at the 42nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 226 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Tunnelhill at the 41st national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Tunnelhill's building exposure, zone by zone
Direct exposure dominates in Tunnelhill: 65.9% of its 226 buildings, versus 34.1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Tunnelhill compares
Tunnelhill's 66th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 42nd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Tunnelhill ranks 18,354 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,929 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 675 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Tunnelhill
At the 42nd national percentile, Tunnelhill rates elevated 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 Tunnelhill
Because Direct exposure dominates in Tunnelhill (65.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Tunnelhill's 18,354-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Tunnelhill, see the exposure-zones guide.