Roulette, PA
Roulette wildfire risk explained
Roulette sits at the 27th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 593 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Roulette at the 27th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Roulette's buildings actually sit
Of Roulette's 593 counted buildings, 67.8% 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.
Where Roulette ranks
Roulette's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (32nd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (27th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Roulette ranks 23,079 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,931 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,356 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
Roulette's moderate rating (27th 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 67.8% of Roulette in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Roulette's 27th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Roulette, see the exposure-zones guide.