Dunlevy, PA
How exposed is Dunlevy to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Dunlevy lands at the 31st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 248 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Dunlevy at the 33rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Dunlevy's buildings (67.7%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Dunlevy compares
There's little gap between Dunlevy's 31st national percentile and its 41st percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dunlevy ranks 21,630 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,225 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,168 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Dunlevy and the insurance market
Dunlevy's moderate wildfire rating (31st 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Dunlevy's 67.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Dunlevy's figures come from
Dunlevy's 31st-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 Dunlevy's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.