Russellton, PA
Russellton, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Russellton sits at the 38th 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 723 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Russellton at the 38th percentile, close to its 38th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Russellton's buildings (53.9%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Russellton against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Russellton ranks higher (56th percentile) than it does nationally (38th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Russellton ranks 19,677 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 14,416 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 876 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Russellton and the insurance market
Russellton's moderate wildfire rating (38th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
What would actually reduce this score
Russellton's 53.9% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Russellton's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 723 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Russellton. The exposure-zones guide covers what Russellton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.