Factoryville, PA
Factoryville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Factoryville at the 57th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 403 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 Factoryville at the 59th percentile, close to its 57th-percentile risk score.
Factoryville's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 50.4% of Factoryville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 49.6% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 203 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Factoryville against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Factoryville ranks higher (94th percentile) than it does nationally (57th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Factoryville ranks 13,502 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,157 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 125 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Factoryville
Factoryville's elevated rating (57th 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 Factoryville
Because Direct exposure dominates in Factoryville (50.4%), 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Factoryville's 13,502-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Factoryville, see the exposure-zones guide.