Idaville, PA
Idaville wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Idaville at the 51st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 121 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Idaville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 51st percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
100% of Idaville's 121 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 121 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 0% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Idaville compares
Compare Idaville's two percentiles: 84th within Pennsylvania, only 51st nationally — a gap of 33 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Idaville ranks 15,424 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,126 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 323 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Idaville
At the 51st national percentile, Idaville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Idaville
Idaville's 100% 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 Idaville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Idaville's 15,424-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Idaville's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.