Vicksburg (Blair), PA
Vicksburg (Blair), PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Vicksburg (Blair) at the 48th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 80 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Vicksburg (Blair) at the 48th percentile, close to its 48th-percentile risk score.
Where Vicksburg (Blair)'s buildings actually sit
80 buildings are counted in Vicksburg (Blair), and 57.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 42.5% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Vicksburg (Blair) compares
Compare Vicksburg (Blair)'s two percentiles: 77th within Pennsylvania, only 48th nationally — a gap of 29 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Vicksburg (Blair) ranks 16,496 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,896 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 457 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Vicksburg (Blair) and the insurance market
Vicksburg (Blair)'s elevated wildfire rating (48th 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Vicksburg (Blair) (57.5% 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 80 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Vicksburg (Blair). For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Vicksburg (Blair), see the exposure-zones guide.