Atwood, PA
How exposed is Atwood to wildfire?
USFS scores Atwood at the 42nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 127 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 Atwood at the 43rd percentile, close to its 42nd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Atwood's 127 counted buildings, 98.4% 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.
Atwood against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Atwood ranks higher (66th percentile) than it does nationally (42nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Atwood ranks 18,385 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,867 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 678 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
Atwood's elevated rating (42nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Atwood's 98.4% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Atwood's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 127 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Atwood. The exposure-zones guide covers what Atwood's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.