Ellsworth, PA
Ellsworth, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Ellsworth sits at the 33rd 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 495 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 Ellsworth at the 35th percentile, close to its 33rd-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
51.5% of Ellsworth's 495 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 48.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Ellsworth compares
Ellsworth scores 33rd nationally and 44th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Ellsworth ranks 21,188 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,448 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,108 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Ellsworth's moderate wildfire rating (33rd 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 Ellsworth (51.5% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Ellsworth's 33rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Ellsworth, see the exposure-zones guide.