Pymatuning North, PA
Pymatuning North, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Pymatuning North at the 35th national percentile for risk to structures, close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a score built from 490 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Pymatuning North at the 36th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Pymatuning North's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 91.4% of Pymatuning North's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 7.8% Indirect share and far above its 0.8% Minimal share — a profile where 448 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Pymatuning North against the rest of the country
Pymatuning North's 50th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 35th 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, Pymatuning North ranks 20,435 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,537 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 989 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Pymatuning North
At the 35th national percentile, Pymatuning North 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
Pymatuning North's 91.4% 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.
Where Pymatuning North's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 490 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Pymatuning North. The exposure-zones guide covers what Pymatuning North's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.