Foxburg, PA
How exposed is Foxburg to wildfire?
USFS scores Foxburg at the 44th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 145 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Foxburg's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 43rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Foxburg's 145 counted buildings, 59.3% carry Direct exposure and only 2.8% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Foxburg against the rest of the country
Compare Foxburg's two percentiles: 70th within Pennsylvania, only 44th nationally — a gap of 26 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Foxburg ranks 17,816 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,096 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 601 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
Foxburg's elevated rating (44th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Foxburg
Because Direct exposure dominates in Foxburg (59.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Foxburg's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 145 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Foxburg. The exposure-zones guide covers what Foxburg's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.