Buck Run, PA
Buck Run, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Buck Run sits at the 68th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 112 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Buck Run at the 64th percentile, close to its 68th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 100% of Buck Run's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 112 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Buck Run against the rest of the country
Compare Buck Run's two percentiles: 99th within Pennsylvania, only 68th nationally — a gap of 32 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Buck Run ranks 10,252 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,560 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 12 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Buck Run
Buck Run's high rating (68th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Buck Run (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Buck Run's 10,252-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Buck Run, see the exposure-zones guide.