Gordon, PA
How exposed is Gordon to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Gordon lands at the 55th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 378 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Gordon at the 53rd national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
69.8% of Gordon's 378 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 30.2% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Gordon against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Gordon ranks higher (91st percentile) than it does nationally (55th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Gordon ranks 14,133 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,702 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 176 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
Gordon's elevated wildfire rating (55th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Gordon
Gordon's 69.8% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Gordon's 55th-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 Gordon, see the exposure-zones guide.