Aspers, PA
How exposed is Aspers to wildfire?
USFS scores Aspers at the 47th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 268 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 Aspers at the 48th percentile, close to its 47th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Aspers's 268 counted buildings, 68.3% carry Direct exposure and only 1.5% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Aspers against the rest of the country
Aspers's 76th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 47th 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, Aspers ranks 16,681 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,582 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 475 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Aspers
Aspers's elevated rating (47th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 68.3% of Aspers 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 Aspers's figures come from
Aspers's 47th-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 Aspers's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.