Mount Pocono, PA
How exposed is Mount Pocono to wildfire?
Mount Pocono's 1,143 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.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Mount Pocono at the 55th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Mount Pocono's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 63% of Mount Pocono's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 37% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 720 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Mount Pocono compares
Compare Mount Pocono's two percentiles: 91st within Pennsylvania, only 55th nationally — a gap of 36 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Mount Pocono ranks 14,195 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,004 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 184 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Mount Pocono
At the 55th national percentile, Mount Pocono rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Mount Pocono's 63% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,143 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Mount Pocono. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Mount Pocono, see the exposure-zones guide.