Mapletown, PA
Mapletown wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Mapletown at the 38th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 108 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mapletown at the 40th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Mapletown's building exposure, zone by zone
108 buildings are counted in Mapletown, and 100% 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.
Mapletown against the rest of the country
Compare Mapletown's two percentiles: 57th within Pennsylvania, only 38th nationally — a gap of 19 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mapletown ranks 19,617 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,711 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 865 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Mapletown and the insurance market
Mapletown's moderate rating (38th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 100% of Mapletown in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Mapletown's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 108 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mapletown. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mapletown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.