Locust Gap, PA
How exposed is Locust Gap to wildfire?
Locust Gap's 130 buildings earn a 57th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Locust Gap at the 55th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Locust Gap's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 53.9% of Locust Gap's 130 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 46.2% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Locust Gap compares
Compare Locust Gap's two percentiles: 94th within Pennsylvania, only 57th nationally — a gap of 37 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Locust Gap ranks 13,436 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,731 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 120 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 57th national percentile, Locust Gap rates elevated 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
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Locust Gap (53.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Locust Gap's 57th-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 Locust Gap, see the exposure-zones guide.