Gilberton, PA
How exposed is Gilberton to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Gilberton lands at the 48th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 342 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Gilberton at the 47th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Gilberton's building exposure, zone by zone
342 buildings are counted in Gilberton, and 62% 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.
How Gilberton compares
Compare Gilberton's two percentiles: 78th within Pennsylvania, only 48th nationally — a gap of 30 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gilberton ranks 16,337 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,530 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 430 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gilberton
Gilberton's elevated rating (48th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Gilberton's 62% 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 Gilberton's figures come from
Gilberton's 48th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Gilberton's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.