Wampum, PA
Wampum wildfire risk explained
USFS scores Wampum at the 37th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 380 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wampum's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 37th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
380 buildings are counted in Wampum, and 75.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 24.5% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
How Wampum compares
Wampum's 54th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 37th 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, Wampum ranks 19,995 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,657 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 921 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Wampum and the insurance market
At the 37th national percentile, Wampum rates moderate 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
Wampum's 75.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wampum's 19,995-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Wampum, see the exposure-zones guide.