Frenchville, PA
How exposed is Frenchville to wildfire?
Frenchville's 165 buildings earn a 56th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Frenchville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 57th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 100% of Frenchville's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 165 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Frenchville ranks
Frenchville's 92nd-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 56th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Frenchville ranks 13,848 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,236 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 160 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Frenchville
At the 56th national percentile, Frenchville 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
Frenchville'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
Frenchville's 56th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Frenchville, see the exposure-zones guide.