Akron, PA
How exposed is Akron to wildfire?
Akron's 1,470 buildings earn a 4th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Akron at the 4th percentile, close to its 4th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
78% of Akron's 1,470 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 22% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Where Akron ranks
Akron scores 4th nationally and 1st within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Akron ranks 30,399 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,313 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,967 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
Akron's low wildfire rating (4th 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
Akron's 78% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Akron's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,470 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Akron. The exposure-zones guide covers what Akron's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.