Brentwood, PA
How exposed is Brentwood to wildfire?
USFS scores Brentwood at the 23rd national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range), a figure built from 3,906 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Brentwood's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 23rd percentile nationally.
Brentwood's building exposure, zone by zone
Brentwood rates 53% Minimal exposure against just 5.5% Direct and 41.5% Indirect — of 3,906 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Brentwood against the rest of the country
Brentwood's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (26th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (23rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brentwood ranks 24,280 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,334 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,478 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Brentwood
At the 23rd national percentile, Brentwood rates moderate 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 Brentwood
Brentwood's 53% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Brentwood's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 3,906 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brentwood. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brentwood's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.