Sligo, PA
How exposed is Sligo to wildfire?
USFS scores Sligo at the 43rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (modestly above the national average for wildfire risk), a figure built from 483 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Sligo at the 44th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Sligo's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Sligo (63.6% of 483 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 36.4% sit in the Direct zone.
Sligo against the rest of the country
Compare Sligo's two percentiles: 69th within Pennsylvania, only 43rd nationally — a gap of 26 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sligo ranks 18,106 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 17,655 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 632 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
Sligo's elevated wildfire rating (43rd 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Sligo's 63.6% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 483 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sligo. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Sligo, see the exposure-zones guide.