Foot of Ten, PA
How exposed is Foot of Ten to wildfire?
Foot of Ten sits at the 46th 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 428 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Foot of Ten at the 46th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Foot of Ten's buildings actually sit
428 buildings are counted in Foot of Ten, and 67.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 32.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Foot of Ten against the rest of the country
Compare Foot of Ten's two percentiles: 74th within Pennsylvania, only 46th nationally — a gap of 28 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Foot of Ten ranks 16,969 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 18,700 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 512 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Foot of Ten
Foot of Ten's elevated wildfire rating (46th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Foot of Ten (67.3% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 428 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Foot of Ten. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Foot of Ten, see the exposure-zones guide.