Sankertown, PA
Sankertown wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Sankertown at the 32nd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 310 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sankertown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 31st percentile nationally.
Where Sankertown's buildings actually sit
310 buildings are counted in Sankertown, and 83.6% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 16.5% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Sankertown compares
Sankertown scores 32nd nationally and 42nd 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, Sankertown ranks 21,572 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,375 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,160 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
Sankertown's moderate rating (32nd 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 ember exposure the dominant pattern in Sankertown (83.6% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 310 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sankertown. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Sankertown, see the exposure-zones guide.