Cherry Valley, PA
How exposed is Cherry Valley to wildfire?
Cherry Valley's 107 buildings earn a 42nd-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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Cherry Valley at the 43rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Cherry Valley's buildings actually sit
Of Cherry Valley's 107 counted buildings, 100% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Cherry Valley ranks
Compare Cherry Valley's two percentiles: 67th within Pennsylvania, only 42nd nationally — a gap of 25 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cherry Valley ranks 18,284 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,749 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 653 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cherry Valley
At the 42nd national percentile, Cherry Valley rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Cherry Valley (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
Cherry Valley's 42nd-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 Cherry Valley, see the exposure-zones guide.