Atkinson Mills, PA
Atkinson Mills wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Atkinson Mills at the 49th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 138 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Atkinson Mills at the 48th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Atkinson Mills's 138 counted buildings, 85.5% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Atkinson Mills against the rest of the country
Atkinson Mills's 79th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 49th 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, Atkinson Mills ranks 16,240 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,375 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 414 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
Atkinson Mills's elevated wildfire rating (49th 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.
Hardening a home in Atkinson Mills
With 85.5% of Atkinson Mills 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 Atkinson Mills's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Atkinson Mills's 16,240-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Atkinson Mills's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.