Mill Creek, PA
How exposed is Mill Creek to wildfire?
Mill Creek's 187 buildings earn a 55th-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mill Creek at the 53rd percentile, close to its 55th-percentile risk score.
Mill Creek's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Mill Creek's 187 counted buildings, 57.8% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Mill Creek ranks
Within Pennsylvania, Mill Creek ranks higher (91st percentile) than it does nationally (55th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mill Creek ranks 14,225 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,370 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 187 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mill Creek
Mill Creek's elevated wildfire rating (55th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Mill Creek
With 57.8% of Mill Creek 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 Mill Creek's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mill Creek's 14,225-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mill Creek's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.