University of Pittsburgh Johnstown, PA
How exposed is University of Pittsburgh Johnstown to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, University of Pittsburgh Johnstown lands at the 35th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 50 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts University of Pittsburgh Johnstown at the 35th percentile, close to its 35th-percentile risk score.
Where University of Pittsburgh Johnstown's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 70% of University of Pittsburgh Johnstown's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 30% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 35 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh Johnstown ranks higher (51st percentile) than it does nationally (35th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, University of Pittsburgh Johnstown ranks 20,437 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,941 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 991 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown and the insurance market
University of Pittsburgh Johnstown's moderate wildfire rating (35th 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 Johnstown's 70% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind University of Pittsburgh Johnstown's 20,437-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond University of Pittsburgh Johnstown, see the exposure-zones guide.