Parkhill, PA
Parkhill wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Parkhill lands at the 38th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 244 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Parkhill at the 37th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 82% of Parkhill's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 18% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 200 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Parkhill against the rest of the country
Compare Parkhill's two percentiles: 57th within Pennsylvania, only 38th nationally — a gap of 19 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Parkhill ranks 19,618 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,344 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 866 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Parkhill
Parkhill's moderate wildfire rating (38th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Parkhill's 82% 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Parkhill's 19,618-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Parkhill, see the exposure-zones guide.