Wanamie, PA
How exposed is Wanamie to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Wanamie at the 59th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 290 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wanamie at the 59th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 71% of Wanamie's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 29% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 206 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Wanamie against the rest of the country
Compare Wanamie's two percentiles: 96th within Pennsylvania, only 59th nationally — a gap of 36 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wanamie ranks 12,836 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,922 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 88 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wanamie
Wanamie's elevated wildfire rating (59th 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.
Hardening a home in Wanamie
With 71% of Wanamie in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Wanamie's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wanamie's 12,836-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wanamie's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.