Potters Mills, PA
How exposed is Potters Mills to wildfire?
Potters Mills sits at the 58th 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 240 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 Potters Mills at the 55th percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
Where Potters Mills's buildings actually sit
90% of Potters Mills's 240 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 216 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 10% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Potters Mills ranks
Potters Mills's 94th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 58th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Potters Mills ranks 13,373 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,483 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 118 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
Potters Mills's elevated wildfire rating (58th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 90% of Potters Mills 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.
Where Potters Mills's figures come from
Potters Mills's 58th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Potters Mills's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.