Shanksville, PA
Shanksville, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Shanksville sits at the 48th 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 136 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Shanksville at the 48th percentile, close to its 48th-percentile risk score.
Where Shanksville's buildings actually sit
52.9% of Shanksville's 136 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 47.1% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Shanksville ranks
Shanksville's 78th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 48th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shanksville ranks 16,372 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,465 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 443 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shanksville and the insurance market
At the 48th national percentile, Shanksville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Shanksville (52.9% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Shanksville's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Shanksville's 16,372-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Shanksville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.