Baumstown, PA
Baumstown, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Baumstown's 262 buildings earn a 15th-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, Baumstown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 14th percentile nationally.
Baumstown's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 76.7% of Baumstown's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 23.3% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 201 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Baumstown against the rest of the country
Baumstown scores 15th nationally and 15th 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, Baumstown ranks 26,734 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,784 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,694 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Baumstown
Baumstown's low rating (15th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Baumstown's 76.7% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 262 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Baumstown. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Baumstown, see the exposure-zones guide.