Franklin Forge, PA
Franklin Forge wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Franklin Forge at the 47th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 15 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Franklin Forge's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 46th percentile nationally.
Where Franklin Forge's buildings actually sit
100% of Franklin Forge's 15 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 15 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal. This is a small settlement by building count — 15 total — so these shares describe a handful of structures, not a statistical average across thousands.
How Franklin Forge compares
Within Pennsylvania, Franklin Forge ranks higher (77th percentile) than it does nationally (47th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Franklin Forge ranks 16,620 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,490 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 468 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 47th national percentile, Franklin Forge rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Franklin Forge's 100% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 15 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Franklin Forge. At 15 buildings, Franklin Forge is close to the size where USFS's data gets thin — the data-quality guide explains why 517 places nationally get no score at all.