Adamstown, PA
How exposed is Adamstown to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Adamstown at the 17th national percentile for risk to structures, among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a score built from 774 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Adamstown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 15th percentile nationally.
Adamstown's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Adamstown's 774 counted buildings, 56.9% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Adamstown compares
Adamstown scores 17th nationally and 18th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Adamstown ranks 26,076 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,884 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,629 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Adamstown
Adamstown'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.
Hardening a home in Adamstown
With 56.9% of Adamstown in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Adamstown's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 774 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Adamstown. The exposure-zones guide covers what Adamstown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.