Pulaski, PA
Pulaski, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Pulaski lands at the 34th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 122 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Pulaski at the 35th percentile, close to its 34th-percentile risk score.
Where Pulaski's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 53.3% of Pulaski's 122 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 46.7% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Where Pulaski ranks
There's little gap between Pulaski's 34th national percentile and its 47th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pulaski ranks 20,812 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 28,085 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,052 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pulaski
At the 34th national percentile, Pulaski 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
Because 53.3% of Pulaski's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Pulaski's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 122 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pulaski. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pulaski's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.