Crucible, PA
Crucible, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Crucible lands at the 37th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 427 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Crucible at the 39th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Crucible's buildings actually sit
Of Crucible's 427 counted buildings, 56.9% carry Direct exposure and only 0.2% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Crucible compares
Crucible's 55th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 37th 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, Crucible ranks 19,805 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,719 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 889 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Crucible
Crucible's moderate wildfire rating (37th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Crucible's 56.9% 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 Crucible's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Crucible's 19,805-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Crucible's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.