Markleysburg, PA
Markleysburg, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Markleysburg at the 53rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 150 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Markleysburg at the 52nd percentile, close to its 53rd-percentile risk score.
Where Markleysburg's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 72% of Markleysburg's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 28% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 108 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Markleysburg compares
Compare Markleysburg's two percentiles: 88th within Pennsylvania, only 53rd nationally — a gap of 35 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Markleysburg ranks 14,820 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 26,893 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 245 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Markleysburg
Markleysburg's elevated rating (53rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Markleysburg (72%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Markleysburg's 14,820-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Markleysburg, see the exposure-zones guide.