Rankin, PA
Rankin, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Rankin's 632 buildings earn a 22nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rankin at the 23rd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Rankin's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Rankin's buildings (100% of 632) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Rankin against the rest of the country
There's little gap between Rankin's 22nd national percentile and its 24th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rankin ranks 24,628 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,442 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,507 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rankin
Rankin's moderate rating (22nd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
With 100% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Rankin gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Rankin's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Rankin's 24,628-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Rankin's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.