Big Beaver, PA
How exposed is Big Beaver to wildfire?
Big Beaver sits at the 36th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,489 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Big Beaver's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
Where Big Beaver's buildings actually sit
Of Big Beaver's 1,489 counted buildings, 87.6% 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.
Where Big Beaver ranks
Big Beaver's 53rd-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 36th 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, Big Beaver ranks 20,084 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,214 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 931 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Big Beaver and the insurance market
Big Beaver's moderate rating (36th 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
Big Beaver's 87.6% 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.
More on how this number was built
Big Beaver's 36th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Big Beaver, see the exposure-zones guide.