Sutersville, PA
How exposed is Sutersville to wildfire?
Sutersville sits at the 31st percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 380 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Sutersville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 32nd percentile nationally.
Where Sutersville's buildings actually sit
380 buildings are counted in Sutersville, and 91.3% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 8.7% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Sutersville compares
There's little gap between Sutersville's 31st national percentile and its 39th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Sutersville ranks 21,883 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,656 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,210 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Sutersville and the insurance market
At the 31st national percentile, Sutersville 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 Sutersville
Because 91.3% of Sutersville'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 Sutersville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 380 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Sutersville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Sutersville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.