Sugarcreek, PA
Sugarcreek, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Sugarcreek's 3,535 buildings earn a 31st-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.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Sugarcreek at the 30th percentile, close to its 31st-percentile risk score.
Sugarcreek's building exposure, zone by zone
55.2% of Sugarcreek's 3,535 buildings sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone, roughly 1,951 structures close enough to burnable vegetation for flame contact, not just embers — 44.8% fall in the Indirect, ember-only zone and 0% are Minimal.
Where Sugarcreek ranks
Sugarcreek scores 31st nationally and 41st within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sugarcreek ranks 21,728 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,732 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,181 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
Sugarcreek's moderate wildfire rating (31st 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.
Hardening a home in Sugarcreek
With 55.2% of Sugarcreek in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,535 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sugarcreek. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Sugarcreek, see the exposure-zones guide.