Hughesville, PA
Hughesville, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Hughesville at the 40th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 1,160 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Hughesville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 41st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
94% of Hughesville's 1,160 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 6% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Hughesville ranks
Compare Hughesville's two percentiles: 62nd within Pennsylvania, only 40th nationally — a gap of 22 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Hughesville ranks 19,042 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,890 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 764 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 40th national percentile, Hughesville 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 94% of Hughesville's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Hughesville'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 indirect exposure implies beyond Hughesville, see the exposure-zones guide.