Sheppton, PA
Sheppton wildfire risk explained
Sheppton's 267 buildings earn a 58th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Sheppton at the 57th percentile, close to its 58th-percentile risk score.
Where Sheppton's buildings actually sit
55.1% of Sheppton's 267 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 44.9% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Sheppton compares
Sheppton's 95th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 58th 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, Sheppton ranks 13,155 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,611 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 108 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Sheppton and the insurance market
Sheppton's elevated wildfire rating (58th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Sheppton (55.1% 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
Sheppton's 58th-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 Sheppton, see the exposure-zones guide.