Mineral Springs, PA
Mineral Springs, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Mineral Springs lands at the 52nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 275 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Mineral Springs at the 51st percentile, close to its 52nd-percentile risk score.
Where Mineral Springs's buildings actually sit
86.9% of Mineral Springs's 275 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 239 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 13.1% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
How Mineral Springs compares
Compare Mineral Springs's two percentiles: 85th within Pennsylvania, only 52nd nationally — a gap of 34 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mineral Springs ranks 15,264 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,369 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 298 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mineral Springs
Mineral Springs's elevated rating (52nd 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 86.9% of Mineral Springs 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 Mineral Springs's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Mineral Springs's 15,264-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Mineral Springs's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.