Grove City, PA
How exposed is Grove City to wildfire?
Grove City's 2,890 buildings earn a 33rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Grove City's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 34th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 90.4% of Grove City's 2,890 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 9.7% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Grove City against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Grove City's 33rd national percentile and its 46th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Grove City ranks 21,029 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,601 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,083 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Grove City
At the 33rd national percentile, Grove City rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Grove City (90.4% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Grove City's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,890 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Grove City. The exposure-zones guide covers what Grove City's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.