Richfield, PA
Richfield, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Richfield's 383 buildings earn a 49th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Richfield at the 47th national percentile — 1 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Richfield's buildings actually sit
58% of Richfield's 383 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 42% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Richfield compares
Within Pennsylvania, Richfield ranks higher (79th percentile) than it does nationally (49th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Richfield ranks 16,244 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,575 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 418 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
Richfield's elevated rating (49th 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Richfield (58% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 383 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Richfield. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Richfield, see the exposure-zones guide.