Brave, PA
How exposed is Brave to wildfire?
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Brave at the 43rd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 138 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Brave's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 44th percentile nationally.
Where Brave's buildings actually sit
Direct exposure dominates in Brave: 79.7% of its 138 buildings, versus 20.3% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Brave ranks
Brave's 69th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 43rd national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brave ranks 17,876 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,376 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 608 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Brave
At the 43rd national percentile, Brave rates elevated 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 Brave
With 79.7% of Brave 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
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brave's 17,876-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Brave, see the exposure-zones guide.