Granville, PA
Granville wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Granville lands at the 51st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 287 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Granville at the 49th national percentile — 2 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
63.4% of Granville's 287 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 182 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 36.6% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Granville against the rest of the country
Compare Granville's two percentiles: 83rd within Pennsylvania, only 51st nationally — a gap of 32 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Granville ranks 15,609 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,992 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 346 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 51st national percentile, Granville 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
With 63.4% of Granville in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Granville's 51st-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 Granville, see the exposure-zones guide.