Venango, PA
How exposed is Venango to wildfire?
USFS scores Venango at the 37th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 161 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Venango's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 39th percentile nationally.
Where Venango's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Venango (70.2% of 161 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 29.8% sit in the Direct zone.
How Venango compares
Venango's 55th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 37th 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, Venango ranks 19,868 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,405 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 895 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Venango's moderate wildfire rating (37th 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
Because 70.2% of Venango'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 161 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Venango. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Venango, see the exposure-zones guide.