Carson Valley, PA
Carson Valley wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Carson Valley at the 39th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 82 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Carson Valley at the 38th percentile, close to its 39th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
82.9% of Carson Valley's 82 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 68 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 17.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Carson Valley compares
Carson Valley's 60th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 39th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Carson Valley ranks 19,297 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,819 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 795 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Carson Valley and the insurance market
Carson Valley'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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 82.9% of Carson Valley 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.
Where Carson Valley's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Carson Valley's 19,297-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Carson Valley's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.