Branchdale, PA
Branchdale, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Branchdale at the 66th national percentile for risk to structures, well above the national norm for wildfire risk — a score built from 175 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Branchdale at the 64th national percentile — 3 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Branchdale's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 84% of Branchdale's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 16% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 147 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Branchdale compares
Within Pennsylvania, Branchdale ranks higher (99th percentile) than it does nationally (66th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Branchdale ranks 10,628 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 25,834 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 14 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Branchdale
Branchdale's high rating (66th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With 84% of Branchdale 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.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 175 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Branchdale. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Branchdale, see the exposure-zones guide.