Cochranville, PA
Cochranville, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Cochranville at the 7th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 402 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Cochranville at the 7th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Cochranville's building exposure, zone by zone
66.4% of Cochranville's 402 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 267 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 6.5% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 27.1% are Minimal.
How Cochranville compares
Cochranville scores 7th nationally and 5th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Cochranville ranks 29,199 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,171 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,898 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Cochranville
Cochranville's low rating (7th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Cochranville's 66.4% 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 Cochranville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Cochranville's 29,199-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Cochranville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.