Swoyersville, PA
How exposed is Swoyersville to wildfire?
Swoyersville's 2,889 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.)
Separately from the risk score above, Swoyersville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 48th percentile nationally.
Where Swoyersville's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 94.4% of Swoyersville's 2,889 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 5.6% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Swoyersville compares
Within Pennsylvania, Swoyersville ranks higher (79th percentile) than it does nationally (49th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Swoyersville ranks 16,245 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,605 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 419 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Swoyersville and the insurance market
At the 49th national percentile, Swoyersville rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Swoyersville's 94.4% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Swoyersville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,889 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Swoyersville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Swoyersville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.