Prospect, PA
Prospect, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Prospect sits at the 35th 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 815 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Prospect's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 35th percentile nationally.
Where Prospect's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Prospect: 65.2% of its 815 buildings, versus 34.9% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
How Prospect compares
Prospect scores 35th nationally and 49th 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, Prospect ranks 20,558 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,508 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,011 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Prospect and the insurance market
At the 35th national percentile, Prospect rates moderate 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 Prospect
Prospect's 65.2% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Prospect's 35th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Prospect, see the exposure-zones guide.