Cassville, PA
How exposed is Cassville to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Cassville at the 54th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 105 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Cassville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 53rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
105 buildings are counted in Cassville, and 83.8% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Cassville against the rest of the country
Compare Cassville's two percentiles: 90th within Pennsylvania, only 54th nationally — a gap of 35 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cassville ranks 14,476 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,817 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 206 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cassville
At the 54th national percentile, Cassville 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 Cassville
Cassville's 83.8% 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.
Where Cassville's figures come from
Cassville's 54th-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 Cassville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.