University of Pittsburgh Bradford, PA
University of Pittsburgh Bradford, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
University of Pittsburgh Bradford sits at the 8th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 44 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks University of Pittsburgh Bradford at the 9th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
University of Pittsburgh Bradford's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 75% of University of Pittsburgh Bradford's 44 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 25% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
University of Pittsburgh Bradford against the rest of the country
There's little gap between University of Pittsburgh Bradford's 8th national percentile and its 6th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, University of Pittsburgh Bradford ranks 28,889 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,078 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,880 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
University of Pittsburgh Bradford and the insurance market
University of Pittsburgh Bradford's low wildfire rating (8th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
University of Pittsburgh Bradford's 75% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 44 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for University of Pittsburgh Bradford. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond University of Pittsburgh Bradford, see the exposure-zones guide.