Folsom, PA
Folsom, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Folsom's 2,846 buildings earn a 20th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Folsom's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
Where Folsom's buildings actually sit
Only 5.5% of Folsom's 2,846 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 94.5% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Folsom against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Folsom's 20th national percentile and its 22nd percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Folsom ranks 25,132 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,669 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,553 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Folsom
Folsom's moderate wildfire rating (20th 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.
Hardening a home in Folsom
Folsom's 94.5% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Folsom's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,846 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Folsom. The exposure-zones guide covers what Folsom's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.