Bulger, PA
Bulger, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bulger at the 39th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 260 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bulger at the 42nd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Bulger's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Bulger: 81.9% of its 260 buildings, versus 18.1% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Bulger ranks
Within Pennsylvania, Bulger ranks higher (60th percentile) than it does nationally (39th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bulger ranks 19,236 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,837 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 789 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Bulger
Bulger's moderate rating (39th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 81.9% of Bulger 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
Bulger's 39th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bulger, see the exposure-zones guide.