Bowers, PA
Bowers wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Bowers lands at the 16th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 207 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Bowers's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
207 buildings are counted in Bowers, and 53.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 46.4% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Bowers against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Bowers's 16th national percentile and its 15th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bowers ranks 26,610 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,618 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,683 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bowers
At the 16th national percentile, Bowers rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Bowers's 53.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Bowers's figures come from
Bowers's 16th-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 Bowers's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.