Rothsville, PA
How exposed is Rothsville to wildfire?
USFS scores Rothsville at the 4th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 1,251 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Rothsville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
Rothsville's building exposure, zone by zone
56.4% of Rothsville's 1,251 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 43.7% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
How Rothsville compares
Rothsville scores 4th nationally and 2nd 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, Rothsville ranks 30,177 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,348 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,955 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Rothsville and the insurance market
At the 4th national percentile, Rothsville 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
With 56.4% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Rothsville gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Rothsville's 4th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Rothsville, see the exposure-zones guide.