Wilcox, PA
Wilcox, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Wilcox's 281 buildings earn a 17th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Wilcox's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 17th percentile nationally.
Where Wilcox's buildings actually sit
USFS puts 54.5% of Wilcox's 281 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 45.6% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Wilcox compares
Wilcox's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (17th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (17th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wilcox ranks 26,330 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,165 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,657 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wilcox
Wilcox's low wildfire rating (17th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
Wilcox's 54.5% 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.
Where Wilcox's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wilcox's 26,330-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wilcox's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.