Petersburg, PA
Petersburg wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Petersburg at the 48th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 211 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Petersburg at the 48th national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Petersburg's building exposure, zone by zone
211 buildings are counted in Petersburg, and 84.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 15.6% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Petersburg against the rest of the country
Compare Petersburg's two percentiles: 78th within Pennsylvania, only 48th nationally — a gap of 30 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Petersburg ranks 16,339 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,453 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 432 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Petersburg
Petersburg's elevated rating (48th 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
Petersburg's 84.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Petersburg's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 211 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Petersburg. The exposure-zones guide covers what Petersburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.