Vandling, PA
Vandling, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Vandling lands at the 48th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 383 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Vandling at the 48th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Vandling's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 55.9% of Vandling's 383 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 44.1% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Vandling ranks
Vandling's 78th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 48th 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, Vandling ranks 16,341 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,577 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 434 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Vandling and the insurance market
At the 48th national percentile, Vandling rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Vandling's 55.9% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Vandling's 16,341-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Vandling, see the exposure-zones guide.