Pymatuning Central, PA
Pymatuning Central, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Pymatuning Central sits at the 32nd 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 3,559 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Pymatuning Central's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 33rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
3,559 buildings are counted in Pymatuning Central, and 82% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0.3% rated Minimal.
Where Pymatuning Central ranks
Pymatuning Central's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (43rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (32nd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Pymatuning Central ranks 21,349 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,707 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,133 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
At the 32nd national percentile, Pymatuning Central 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 Pymatuning Central
Pymatuning Central's 82% 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
Pymatuning Central's 32nd-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 Pymatuning Central, see the exposure-zones guide.