Aaronsburg (Washington), PA
Aaronsburg (Washington) wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Aaronsburg (Washington) at the 35th 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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Aaronsburg (Washington) at the 37th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
161 buildings are counted in Aaronsburg (Washington), and 74.5% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 1.9% rated Minimal.
Where Aaronsburg (Washington) ranks
Compare Aaronsburg (Washington)'s two percentiles: 50th within Pennsylvania, only 35th nationally — a gap of 15 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Aaronsburg (Washington) ranks 20,430 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,403 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 984 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Aaronsburg (Washington) and the insurance market
Aaronsburg (Washington)'s moderate wildfire rating (35th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Aaronsburg (Washington) (74.5%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Aaronsburg (Washington)'s figures come from
Aaronsburg (Washington)'s 35th-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 Aaronsburg (Washington)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.