Bolivar, PA
Bolivar, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Bolivar at the 49th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 280 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bolivar's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 47th percentile nationally.
Bolivar's building exposure, zone by zone
84.6% of Bolivar's 280 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 15.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Bolivar against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Bolivar ranks higher (80th percentile) than it does nationally (49th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bolivar ranks 16,083 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,202 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 396 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bolivar
At the 49th national percentile, Bolivar rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Bolivar
Because 84.6% of Bolivar's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Bolivar's figures come from
Bolivar's 49th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Bolivar's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.