Frackville, PA
Frackville, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Frackville at the 49th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,459 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 Frackville at the 48th percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
Where Frackville's buildings actually sit
1,459 buildings are counted in Frackville, and 97.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 2.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Frackville compares
Within Pennsylvania, Frackville ranks higher (81st percentile) than it does nationally (49th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Frackville ranks 16,020 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,357 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 391 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Frackville
Frackville's elevated rating (49th 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 Frackville
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Frackville (97.3% 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
Frackville's 49th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Frackville, see the exposure-zones guide.