Reiffton, PA
How exposed is Reiffton to wildfire?
USFS scores Reiffton at the 17th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,662 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Reiffton at the 15th national percentile — 2 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Reiffton's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Reiffton's buildings (58.1%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Reiffton compares
Reiffton scores 17th nationally and 18th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Reiffton ranks 26,046 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,557 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,627 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 17th national percentile, Reiffton rates low 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
Reiffton's 58.1% 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 Reiffton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Reiffton's 26,046-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Reiffton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.