Schlusser, PA
How exposed is Schlusser to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Schlusser lands at the 40th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 2,365 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Schlusser at the 41st percentile, close to its 40th-percentile risk score.
Schlusser's building exposure, zone by zone
66.9% of Schlusser's 2,365 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 32.3% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Schlusser against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Schlusser ranks higher (63rd percentile) than it does nationally (40th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Schlusser ranks 18,889 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,578 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 739 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Schlusser and the insurance market
Schlusser's elevated rating (40th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Schlusser
Schlusser's 66.9% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Schlusser's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Schlusser's 18,889-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Schlusser's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.