Shamokin Dam, PA
How exposed is Shamokin Dam to wildfire?
USFS scores Shamokin Dam at the 23rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 827 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Shamokin Dam at the 24th percentile, close to its 23rd-percentile risk score.
Shamokin Dam's building exposure, zone by zone
79.1% of Shamokin Dam's 827 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 20.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Shamokin Dam against the rest of the country
Shamokin Dam's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (26th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (23rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shamokin Dam ranks 24,249 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,380 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,477 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
Shamokin Dam's moderate wildfire rating (23rd 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 Shamokin Dam
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Shamokin Dam (79.1% 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 827 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Shamokin Dam. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Shamokin Dam, see the exposure-zones guide.