Wyalusing, PA
Wyalusing wildfire risk explained
Wyalusing's 343 buildings earn a 38th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Wyalusing at the 39th percentile, close to its 38th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
USFS puts 61.5% of Wyalusing's 343 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 38.5% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
Wyalusing against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Wyalusing ranks higher (58th percentile) than it does nationally (38th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Wyalusing ranks 19,525 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 20,498 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 847 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Wyalusing
At the 38th national percentile, Wyalusing rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Hardening a home in Wyalusing
Wyalusing's 61.5% 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 Wyalusing's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Wyalusing's 19,525-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Wyalusing's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.