Forestville (Schuylkill), PA
Forestville (Schuylkill), PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Forestville (Schuylkill) sits at the 60th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 277 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Forestville (Schuylkill) at the 58th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Forestville (Schuylkill)'s building exposure, zone by zone
86.6% of Forestville (Schuylkill)'s 277 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 240 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 13.4% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Forestville (Schuylkill) against the rest of the country
Compare Forestville (Schuylkill)'s two percentiles: 96th within Pennsylvania, only 60th nationally — a gap of 36 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Forestville (Schuylkill) ranks 12,584 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,302 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 72 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 60th percentile nationally, Forestville (Schuylkill) carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
What would actually reduce this score
Forestville (Schuylkill)'s 86.6% 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 Forestville (Schuylkill)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Forestville (Schuylkill)'s 12,584-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Forestville (Schuylkill)'s dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.