Muse, PA
How exposed is Muse to wildfire?
USFS scores Muse at the 31st national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 947 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Muse at the 33rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Muse's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Muse (61.3% of 947 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 38.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Muse ranks
There's little gap between Muse's 31st national percentile and its 40th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Muse ranks 21,820 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,325 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,196 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Muse
Muse's moderate rating (31st percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 61.3% of Muse's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Muse's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 947 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Muse. The exposure-zones guide covers what Muse's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.