Wells Tannery, PA
How exposed is Wells Tannery to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Wells Tannery at the 61st national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 88 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wells Tannery's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 59th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS classifies 98.9% of Wells Tannery's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 1.1% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 87 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Wells Tannery against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Wells Tannery ranks higher (97th percentile) than it does nationally (61st) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wells Tannery ranks 12,460 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,595 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 65 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wells Tannery
Wells Tannery's high rating (61st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 98.9% of Wells Tannery in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 88 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Wells Tannery. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Wells Tannery, see the exposure-zones guide.