Force, PA
How exposed is Force to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Force at the 43rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 140 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Force at the 43rd percentile, close to its 43rd-percentile risk score.
Where Force's buildings actually sit
Of Force's 140 counted buildings, 70% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Force against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Force ranks higher (69th percentile) than it does nationally (43rd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Force ranks 17,877 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,301 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 609 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
At the 43rd national percentile, Force rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Force's 70% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Force's figures come from
Force's 43rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Force's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.