Pleasant View, PA
How exposed is Pleasant View to wildfire?
Pleasant View sits at the 31st 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 476 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pleasant View's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 31st percentile nationally.
Pleasant View's building exposure, zone by zone
71.9% of Pleasant View's 476 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 28.2% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Pleasant View against the rest of the country
Pleasant View's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (39th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (31st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pleasant View ranks 21,919 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,791 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,213 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pleasant View
At the 31st national percentile, Pleasant View rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Pleasant View's 71.9% 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
Pleasant View's 31st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Pleasant View, see the exposure-zones guide.