Blue Knob, PA
Blue Knob, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Blue Knob's 45 buildings earn a 53rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Blue Knob's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 52nd percentile nationally.
Where Blue Knob's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 93.3% of Blue Knob's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 6.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 42 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Blue Knob against the rest of the country
Blue Knob's 88th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 53rd 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, Blue Knob ranks 14,697 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,059 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 233 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Blue Knob and the insurance market
Blue Knob's elevated rating (53rd 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 Blue Knob
With 93.3% of Blue Knob 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Blue Knob's 14,697-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Blue Knob, see the exposure-zones guide.