Aaronsburg (Centre), PA
How exposed is Aaronsburg (Centre) to wildfire?
USFS scores Aaronsburg (Centre) at the 54th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 461 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 Aaronsburg (Centre) at the 52nd percentile, close to its 54th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 51% of Aaronsburg (Centre)'s buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 49% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 235 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Aaronsburg (Centre) compares
Aaronsburg (Centre)'s 89th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 54th 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, Aaronsburg (Centre) ranks 14,571 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,049 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 218 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Aaronsburg (Centre)
Aaronsburg (Centre)'s elevated rating (54th 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
Aaronsburg (Centre)'s 51% 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.
Where Aaronsburg (Centre)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Aaronsburg (Centre)'s 14,571-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Aaronsburg (Centre)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.