Eagle Creek, PA
Eagle Creek, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Eagle Creek at the 62nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 96 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Eagle Creek at the 60th percentile, close to its 62nd-percentile risk score.
Where Eagle Creek's buildings actually sit
89.6% of Eagle Creek's 96 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 86 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 10.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Eagle Creek ranks
Compare Eagle Creek's two percentiles: 98th within Pennsylvania, only 62nd nationally — a gap of 35 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Eagle Creek ranks 11,925 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,246 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 46 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Eagle Creek
At the 62nd percentile nationally, Eagle Creek carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Eagle Creek (89.6%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 96 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Eagle Creek. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Eagle Creek, see the exposure-zones guide.