Heckscherville, PA
How exposed is Heckscherville to wildfire?
USFS scores Heckscherville at the 62nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (well above the national norm for wildfire risk), a figure built from 113 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Heckscherville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 60th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Heckscherville: 99.1% of its 113 buildings, versus 0.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Heckscherville against the rest of the country
Heckscherville's 97th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 62nd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Heckscherville ranks 12,049 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,517 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 51 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 62nd percentile nationally, Heckscherville carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Hardening a home in Heckscherville
Heckscherville's 99.1% 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 Heckscherville's figures come from
Heckscherville's 62nd-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 Heckscherville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.