Deer Lake (Schuylkill), PA
Deer Lake (Schuylkill), PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Deer Lake (Schuylkill) at the 43rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 317 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Deer Lake (Schuylkill)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 43rd percentile nationally.
Deer Lake (Schuylkill)'s building exposure, zone by zone
62.8% of Deer Lake (Schuylkill)'s 317 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 199 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 37.2% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Deer Lake (Schuylkill) compares
Deer Lake (Schuylkill)'s 69th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 43rd 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, Deer Lake (Schuylkill) ranks 17,940 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,188 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 613 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Deer Lake (Schuylkill)
Deer Lake (Schuylkill)'s elevated rating (43rd 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
With 62.8% of Deer Lake (Schuylkill) in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Deer Lake (Schuylkill)'s figures come from
Deer Lake (Schuylkill)'s 43rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Deer Lake (Schuylkill)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.