Mill Village, PA
Mill Village wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Mill Village at the 33rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 235 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Mill Village's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 34th percentile nationally.
Where Mill Village's buildings actually sit
235 buildings are counted in Mill Village, and 80.9% 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.
Where Mill Village ranks
There's little gap between Mill Village's 33rd national percentile and its 45th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mill Village ranks 21,159 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,645 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,103 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mill Village
Mill Village's moderate wildfire rating (33rd 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Mill Village (80.9%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Mill Village's figures come from
Mill Village's 33rd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mill Village's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.