Saxton, PA
Saxton wildfire risk explained
Saxton 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 406 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Saxton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 53rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 89.9% of Saxton's 406 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 10.1% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Saxton compares
Compare Saxton's two percentiles: 91st within Pennsylvania, only 55th nationally — a gap of 36 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Saxton ranks 14,196 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,107 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 185 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Saxton
Saxton'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.
What would actually reduce this score
Because 89.9% of Saxton's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Saxton's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Saxton's 14,196-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Saxton's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.