Broad Top City, PA
How exposed is Broad Top City to wildfire?
USFS scores Broad Top City at the 51st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 263 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Broad Top City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 49th percentile nationally.
Where Broad Top City's buildings actually sit
53.6% of Broad Top City's 263 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 46.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Broad Top City compares
Compare Broad Top City's two percentiles: 83rd within Pennsylvania, only 51st nationally — a gap of 32 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Broad Top City ranks 15,481 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,749 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 329 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 51st national percentile, Broad Top City 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 Broad Top City
Because 53.6% of Broad Top City'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 Broad Top City's figures come from
Broad Top City's 51st-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 Broad Top City's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.