Marion Center, PA
Marion Center wildfire risk explained
Marion Center sits at the 37th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 287 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Marion Center at the 38th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Marion Center's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 58.5% of Marion Center's 287 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 41.5% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Marion Center against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Marion Center ranks higher (56th percentile) than it does nationally (37th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Marion Center ranks 19,744 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,993 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 883 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Marion Center
At the 37th national percentile, Marion Center rates moderate 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 Marion Center
Because 58.5% of Marion Center'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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 287 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Marion Center. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Marion Center, see the exposure-zones guide.