Village Shires, PA
How exposed is Village Shires to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Village Shires lands at the 22nd percentile for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — a figure built from its 959 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Village Shires at the 22nd national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Where Village Shires's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Village Shires: 54.4% of its 959 buildings, versus 42.8% Indirect and 2.8% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Village Shires ranks
There's little gap between Village Shires's 22nd national percentile and its 24th percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Village Shires ranks 24,630 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 12,236 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,509 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Village Shires
Village Shires's moderate wildfire rating (22nd 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 Village Shires
Because Direct exposure dominates in Village Shires (54.4%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Village Shires's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 959 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Village Shires. The exposure-zones guide covers what Village Shires's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.