Sproul, PA
Sproul, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Sproul's 94 buildings earn a 49th-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 Sproul at the 48th percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Most of Sproul's buildings (93.6%) 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 Sproul compares
Compare Sproul's two percentiles: 80th within Pennsylvania, only 49th nationally — a gap of 31 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sproul ranks 16,210 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,335 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 411 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Sproul
At the 49th national percentile, Sproul rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Sproul
Because 93.6% of Sproul'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.
Where Sproul's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Sproul's 16,210-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sproul's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.