Apollo, PA
Apollo wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Apollo lands at the 33rd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 703 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Apollo's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 33rd percentile nationally.
Apollo's building exposure, zone by zone
98.7% of Apollo's 703 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 1.3% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Apollo compares
There's little gap between Apollo's 33rd national percentile and its 44th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Apollo ranks 21,249 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,624 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,120 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Apollo and the insurance market
At the 33rd national percentile, Apollo rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Apollo
Because 98.7% of Apollo's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Apollo's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Apollo's 21,249-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Apollo's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.