Wiconsico, PA
Wiconsico, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Wiconsico at the 65th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 529 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 Wiconsico at the 61st percentile, close to its 65th-percentile risk score.
Wiconsico's building exposure, zone by zone
72.6% of Wiconsico's 529 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 27.4% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Wiconsico ranks
Within Pennsylvania, Wiconsico ranks higher (99th percentile) than it does nationally (65th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wiconsico ranks 11,132 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,884 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 24 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Wiconsico and the insurance market
At the 65th percentile nationally, Wiconsico carries the high rating that has pushed some carriers to limit new business in similarly-scored places elsewhere in the country. Worth comparing quotes rather than assuming last year's renewal terms still apply.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 72.6% of Wiconsico's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Wiconsico's figures come from
Wiconsico's 65th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wiconsico's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.