Royalton, PA
How exposed is Royalton to wildfire?
Royalton's 493 buildings earn a 9th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Royalton at the 9th percentile, close to its 9th-percentile risk score.
Where Royalton's buildings actually sit
Only 12.2% of Royalton's 493 buildings carry Direct exposure and 0% carry Indirect; the remaining 87.8% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
Where Royalton ranks
Royalton's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (7th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (9th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Royalton ranks 28,631 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,484 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,852 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Royalton
Royalton's low rating (9th 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
Even with 87.8% of Royalton outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Royalton's figures come from
Royalton's 9th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Royalton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.