Grapeville, PA
How exposed is Grapeville to wildfire?
USFS scores Grapeville at the 26th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 265 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Grapeville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 27th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 96.6% of Grapeville's 265 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 3.4% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Grapeville ranks
Grapeville's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (31st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (26th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grapeville ranks 23,366 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,680 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,384 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Grapeville
Grapeville's moderate rating (26th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Grapeville
Grapeville's 96.6% 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.
Where Grapeville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Grapeville's 23,366-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Grapeville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.