Hopwood, PA
Hopwood wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hopwood at the 41st national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 1,255 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Hopwood at the 39th 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
USFS puts 54.2% of Hopwood's 1,255 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 41.4% Direct and 4.4% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Hopwood against the rest of the country
Compare Hopwood's two percentiles: 65th within Pennsylvania, only 41st nationally — a gap of 24 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hopwood ranks 18,603 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,323 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 700 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Hopwood and the insurance market
Hopwood's elevated rating (41st 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 Hopwood
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Hopwood (54.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Hopwood's figures come from
Hopwood's 41st-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 Hopwood's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.