Dixonville, PA
Dixonville wildfire risk explained
Dixonville sits at the 41st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 302 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dixonville at the 41st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Dixonville's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Dixonville: 87.8% of its 302 buildings, versus 12.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Dixonville against the rest of the country
Dixonville's 64th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 41st 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, Dixonville ranks 18,764 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,583 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 713 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Dixonville and the insurance market
Dixonville's elevated wildfire rating (41st 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
Dixonville's 87.8% 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 Dixonville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 302 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dixonville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dixonville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.