Verona, PA
Verona wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Verona at the 23rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 1,114 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Verona at the 24th percentile, close to its 23rd-percentile risk score.
Where Verona's buildings actually sit
99% of Verona's 1,114 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Verona against the rest of the country
Verona's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (26th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (23rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Verona ranks 24,311 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,192 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,484 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Verona and the insurance market
Verona's moderate rating (23rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Verona's 99% 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.
Where Verona's figures come from
Verona's 23rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Verona's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.