Clarksville, PA
Clarksville wildfire risk explained
Clarksville's 104 buildings earn a 40th-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, Clarksville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 42nd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
104 buildings are counted in Clarksville, and 92.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 7.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Clarksville ranks
Compare Clarksville's two percentiles: 63rd within Pennsylvania, only 40th nationally — a gap of 23 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Clarksville ranks 18,853 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,864 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 728 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Clarksville and the insurance market
Clarksville's elevated wildfire rating (40th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Clarksville
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Clarksville (92.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Clarksville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 104 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Clarksville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Clarksville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.