Abbottstown, PA
Abbottstown, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS scores Abbottstown at the 9th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally), a figure built from 543 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Abbottstown at the 8th percentile, close to its 9th-percentile risk score.
Abbottstown's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Abbottstown (67.2% of 543 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 32.8% sit in the Direct zone.
Where Abbottstown ranks
Abbottstown's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (6th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (9th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Abbottstown ranks 28,852 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 16,674 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,873 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Abbottstown
Abbottstown's low rating (9th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Abbottstown
Abbottstown's 67.2% 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.
More on how this number was built
Abbottstown's 9th-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 Abbottstown, see the exposure-zones guide.