East Butler, PA
East Butler, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
East Butler sits at the 36th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 469 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts East Butler at the 37th percentile, close to its 36th-percentile risk score.
Where East Butler's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in East Butler (76.8% of 469 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 23.2% sit in the Direct zone.
How East Butler compares
Compare East Butler's two percentiles: 53rd within Pennsylvania, only 36th nationally — a gap of 17 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, East Butler ranks 20,118 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,905 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 940 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
East Butler and the insurance market
East Butler's moderate wildfire rating (36th 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in East Butler (76.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where East Butler's figures come from
East Butler's 36th-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 East Butler's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.