Shellytown, PA
Shellytown wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Shellytown at the 45th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 32 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Shellytown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 43rd percentile nationally.
Shellytown's building exposure, zone by zone
62.5% of Shellytown's 32 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 37.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Shellytown ranks
Compare Shellytown's two percentiles: 72nd within Pennsylvania, only 45th nationally — a gap of 27 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Shellytown ranks 17,379 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 31,333 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 555 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Shellytown
At the 45th national percentile, Shellytown 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
Because 62.5% of Shellytown's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Shellytown's 45th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Shellytown, see the exposure-zones guide.