Biglerville, PA
Biglerville, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Biglerville's 576 buildings earn a 36th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Biglerville at the 37th percentile, close to its 36th-percentile risk score.
Biglerville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 48.4% of Biglerville's buildings as Minimal exposure, the largest of the three zones here by a wide margin over 18.6% Direct and 33% Indirect — a landscape-level risk rather than a building-by-building one.
Where Biglerville ranks
Within Pennsylvania, Biglerville ranks higher (54th percentile) than it does nationally (36th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Biglerville ranks 20,056 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,165 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 926 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Biglerville and the insurance market
Biglerville'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.
Hardening a home in Biglerville
Even with 48.4% of Biglerville outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Biglerville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 576 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Biglerville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Biglerville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.