Fountain Springs, PA
How exposed is Fountain Springs to wildfire?
Fountain Springs sits at the 56th 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 171 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Fountain Springs at the 54th percentile, close to its 56th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
171 buildings are counted in Fountain Springs, and 50.3% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Fountain Springs against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Fountain Springs ranks higher (93rd percentile) than it does nationally (56th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Fountain Springs ranks 13,744 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,999 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 148 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Fountain Springs
At the 56th national percentile, Fountain Springs 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
Fountain Springs's 50.3% 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 Fountain Springs's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 171 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Fountain Springs. The exposure-zones guide covers what Fountain Springs's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.