Sellersville, PA
How exposed is Sellersville to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Sellersville lands at the 12th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 1,233 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sellersville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 11th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Only 31.6% of Sellersville's 1,233 buildings carry Direct exposure and 6.5% carry Indirect; the remaining 61.9% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Sellersville compares
Sellersville scores 12th nationally and 10th 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, Sellersville ranks 27,781 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 10,455 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,785 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
Sellersville's low rating (12th 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 Sellersville
Even with 61.9% of Sellersville outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones, basic hardening — gutter maintenance, ember-resistant vents — is inexpensive relative to the regional burn-probability risk noted above. Details in the home-hardening guide.
Where Sellersville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,233 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sellersville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sellersville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.