Rome, PA
Rome wildfire risk explained
Out of every US place USFS scores, Rome lands at the 31st percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 268 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Rome at the 32nd national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Rome's buildings actually sit
Of Rome's 268 counted buildings, 80.2% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Rome compares
Rome's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (41st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (31st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Rome ranks 21,632 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,586 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,170 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Rome
Rome's moderate rating (31st 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
Rome's 80.2% 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 268 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Rome. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Rome, see the exposure-zones guide.