Corsica, PA
How exposed is Corsica to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Corsica at the 42nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 256 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Corsica's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 43rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Corsica's buildings (55.1%) 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 Corsica ranks
Corsica's 66th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 42nd 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, Corsica ranks 18,351 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,956 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 672 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Corsica and the insurance market
Corsica's elevated rating (42nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Corsica
Because 55.1% of Corsica'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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 256 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Corsica. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Corsica, see the exposure-zones guide.