Dickson City, PA
Dickson City wildfire risk explained
Dickson City's 3,315 buildings earn a 47th-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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Dickson City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
Dickson City's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Dickson City (53.3% of 3,315 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 8.6% sit in the Direct zone.
How Dickson City compares
Within Pennsylvania, Dickson City ranks higher (76th percentile) than it does nationally (47th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dickson City ranks 16,684 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,025 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 478 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dickson City
At the 47th national percentile, Dickson City rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Dickson City
Because 53.3% of Dickson City'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.
Where Dickson City's figures come from
Dickson City's 47th-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 Dickson City's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.