Summerhill, PA
How exposed is Summerhill to wildfire?
USFS scores Summerhill at the 33rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 322 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Summerhill at the 33rd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
322 buildings are counted in Summerhill, and 73.9% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 26.1% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Summerhill against the rest of the country
Summerhill's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (46th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (33rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Summerhill ranks 21,003 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,045 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,080 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
At the 33rd national percentile, Summerhill rates moderate 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 Summerhill
Because 73.9% of Summerhill'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.
More on how this number was built
Summerhill's 33rd-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 Summerhill, see the exposure-zones guide.