Mount Cobb, PA
Mount Cobb, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Mount Cobb's 1,134 buildings earn a 52nd-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 Mount Cobb at the 52nd percentile, close to its 52nd-percentile risk score.
Where Mount Cobb's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 93.6% of Mount Cobb's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 5.9% Indirect share and far above its 0.5% Minimal share — a profile where 1,061 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Mount Cobb ranks
Within Pennsylvania, Mount Cobb ranks higher (85th percentile) than it does nationally (52nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mount Cobb ranks 15,236 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,052 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 294 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mount Cobb
Mount Cobb'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.
Hardening a home in Mount Cobb
Because Direct exposure dominates in Mount Cobb (93.6%), 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
Mount Cobb's 52nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mount Cobb, see the exposure-zones guide.