Hickory, PA
Hickory, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Hickory lands at the 40th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 487 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Hickory at the 42nd percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
Where Hickory's buildings actually sit
487 buildings are counted in Hickory, and 89.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Hickory against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Hickory ranks higher (63rd percentile) than it does nationally (40th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hickory ranks 18,919 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,588 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 743 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Hickory
At the 40th national percentile, Hickory rates moderate 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Hickory (89.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Hickory's 40th-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 Hickory, see the exposure-zones guide.