Claysville, PA
Claysville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Claysville lands at the 38th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 373 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Claysville at the 40th percentile, close to its 38th-percentile risk score.
Claysville's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Claysville's buildings (71.9%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Claysville ranks
Claysville's 57th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 38th 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, Claysville ranks 19,580 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,813 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 854 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Claysville
Claysville's moderate rating (38th 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
Because 71.9% of Claysville's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Claysville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 373 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Claysville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Claysville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.