Salisbury, PA
Salisbury wildfire risk explained
Salisbury sits at the 55th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 483 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Salisbury's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 55th percentile nationally.
Where Salisbury's buildings actually sit
68.3% of Salisbury's 483 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 31.7% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Salisbury ranks
Within Pennsylvania, Salisbury ranks higher (90th percentile) than it does nationally (55th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Salisbury ranks 14,346 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,654 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 197 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
Salisbury's elevated wildfire rating (55th 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.
Hardening a home in Salisbury
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Salisbury (68.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Salisbury's 14,346-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Salisbury, see the exposure-zones guide.