Wolfdale, PA
Wolfdale, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Wolfdale sits at the 37th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,689 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Wolfdale at the 39th national percentile — 3 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Wolfdale's building exposure, zone by zone
1,689 buildings are counted in Wolfdale, and 68.4% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 31.6% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Wolfdale ranks
Wolfdale'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, Wolfdale ranks 19,996 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 8,461 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 922 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
At the 37th national percentile, Wolfdale 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
Because 68.4% of Wolfdale'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.
More on how this number was built
Wolfdale's 37th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Wolfdale, see the exposure-zones guide.