Smicksburg, PA
Smicksburg wildfire risk explained
Smicksburg's 59 buildings earn a 38th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Smicksburg at the 39th national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Smicksburg's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 74.6% of Smicksburg's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 25.4% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 44 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Smicksburg compares
Compare Smicksburg's two percentiles: 57th within Pennsylvania, only 38th nationally — a gap of 19 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Smicksburg ranks 19,551 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,692 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 851 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Smicksburg and the insurance market
Smicksburg's moderate rating (38th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Smicksburg
Smicksburg's 74.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
Where Smicksburg's figures come from
Smicksburg's 38th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Smicksburg's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.