Paxtonia, PA
Paxtonia, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Paxtonia at the 26th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 2,345 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Paxtonia's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 27th percentile nationally.
Where Paxtonia's buildings actually sit
Most of Paxtonia's buildings (76.4% of 2,345) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Paxtonia against the rest of the country
Paxtonia's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (30th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (26th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Paxtonia ranks 23,367 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,616 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,385 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Paxtonia and the insurance market
Paxtonia's moderate wildfire rating (26th 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.
Hardening a home in Paxtonia
With 76.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Paxtonia gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Paxtonia's 23,367-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Paxtonia, see the exposure-zones guide.