Elysburg, PA
How exposed is Elysburg to wildfire?
Elysburg sits at the 40th 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 1,236 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 Elysburg at the 40th percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
1,236 buildings are counted in Elysburg, and 50.2% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
How Elysburg compares
Within Pennsylvania, Elysburg ranks higher (64th percentile) than it does nationally (40th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Elysburg ranks 18,795 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,435 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 717 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
Elysburg's elevated rating (40th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Elysburg
Because Direct exposure dominates in Elysburg (50.2%), 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
Elysburg's 40th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Elysburg, see the exposure-zones guide.