Picture Rocks, PA
Picture Rocks, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Picture Rocks sits at the 48th 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 370 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Picture Rocks at the 49th percentile, close to its 48th-percentile risk score.
Picture Rocks's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 67.8% of Picture Rocks's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 32.2% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 251 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Picture Rocks ranks
Within Pennsylvania, Picture Rocks ranks higher (79th percentile) than it does nationally (48th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Picture Rocks ranks 16,305 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,869 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 426 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 48th national percentile, Picture Rocks rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Picture Rocks
With 67.8% of Picture Rocks in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Picture Rocks's 16,305-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Picture Rocks, see the exposure-zones guide.