Wallaceton, PA
Wallaceton wildfire risk explained
Wallaceton sits at the 56th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 199 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wallaceton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 56th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Of Wallaceton's 199 counted buildings, 61.3% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
Where Wallaceton ranks
Wallaceton's 92nd-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 56th 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, Wallaceton ranks 13,780 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,903 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 153 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Wallaceton and the insurance market
At the 56th national percentile, Wallaceton rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Wallaceton's 61.3% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Wallaceton's 56th-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 Wallaceton, see the exposure-zones guide.