Union Deposit, PA
Union Deposit, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Union Deposit sits at the 26th 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 242 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Union Deposit at the 27th national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Union Deposit's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Union Deposit's buildings (84.3%) sit in the Indirect zone, where wind-blown embers rather than flame front are the mechanism USFS is scoring — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing are the interventions this pattern favors, more than defensible space alone.
Where Union Deposit ranks
There's little gap between Union Deposit's 26th national percentile and its 31st percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Union Deposit ranks 23,368 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 23,406 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,386 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
Union Deposit's moderate rating (26th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Union Deposit
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Union Deposit (84.3% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 242 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Union Deposit. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Union Deposit, see the exposure-zones guide.