The Escape, PA
The Escape wildfire risk explained
USFS scores The Escape at the 40th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 381 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks The Escape at the 41st national percentile — 1 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 93.7% of The Escape's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 6% Indirect share and far above its 0.3% Minimal share — a profile where 357 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where The Escape ranks
The Escape's 62nd-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 40th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, The Escape ranks 19,018 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,632 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 762 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
The Escape's moderate wildfire rating (40th 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 The Escape
With 93.7% of The Escape 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 Escape's 40th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond The Escape, see the exposure-zones guide.