Shavertown, PA
Shavertown, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Out of every US place USFS scores, Shavertown lands at the 50th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a figure built from its 1,039 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 Shavertown at the 50th percentile, close to its 50th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Shavertown's buildings (59.8%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
How Shavertown compares
Shavertown's 82nd-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 50th 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, Shavertown ranks 15,738 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,664 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 364 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shavertown and the insurance market
At the 50th national percentile, Shavertown rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Shavertown (59.8% 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 1,039 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Shavertown. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Shavertown, see the exposure-zones guide.