Dauphin, PA
How exposed is Dauphin to wildfire?
Dauphin's 378 buildings earn a 54th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dauphin at the 53rd percentile, close to its 54th-percentile risk score.
Where Dauphin's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 76.2% of Dauphin's 378 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 23.8% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Dauphin against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Dauphin ranks higher (90th percentile) than it does nationally (54th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dauphin ranks 14,385 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,701 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 199 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dauphin
Dauphin's elevated rating (54th 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
Because 76.2% of Dauphin'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 378 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dauphin. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Dauphin, see the exposure-zones guide.