Burnt Cabins, PA
How exposed is Burnt Cabins to wildfire?
Burnt Cabins's 92 buildings earn a 52nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Burnt Cabins's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 50th percentile nationally.
Where Burnt Cabins's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Burnt Cabins: 93.5% of its 92 buildings, versus 6.5% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Burnt Cabins against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Burnt Cabins ranks higher (86th percentile) than it does nationally (52nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Burnt Cabins ranks 15,078 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,425 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 269 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Burnt Cabins and the insurance market
Burnt Cabins's elevated rating (52nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Burnt Cabins's 93.5% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 92 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Burnt Cabins. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Burnt Cabins, see the exposure-zones guide.