Pitcairn, PA
How exposed is Pitcairn to wildfire?
Pitcairn sits at the 25th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,096 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pitcairn at the 25th national percentile — 0 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
Indirect exposure is dominant in Pitcairn (80.6% of 1,096 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 19.4% sit in the Direct zone.
Pitcairn against the rest of the country
Pitcairn scores 25th nationally and 29th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pitcairn ranks 23,621 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,306 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,409 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
Pitcairn's moderate rating (25th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Pitcairn's 80.6% 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.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Pitcairn's 23,621-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Pitcairn, see the exposure-zones guide.