Parker, PA
Parker, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Parker sits at the 42nd percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 464 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Parker at the 43rd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Parker's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 60.3% of Parker's 464 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 39.7% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Parker against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Parker ranks higher (68th percentile) than it does nationally (42nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Parker ranks 18,233 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,996 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 648 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Parker
Parker's elevated rating (42nd 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Parker (60.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Parker's 42nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Parker, see the exposure-zones guide.