Reedsville, PA
How exposed is Reedsville to wildfire?
USFS scores Reedsville at the 46th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 326 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Reedsville at the 44th percentile, close to its 46th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 76.7% of Reedsville's 326 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 23.3% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Reedsville compares
Reedsville's 74th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 46th 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, Reedsville ranks 17,095 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,933 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 527 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Reedsville
Reedsville's elevated rating (46th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Reedsville's 76.7% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Reedsville's figures come from
Reedsville's 46th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Reedsville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.