Brockton, PA
How exposed is Brockton to wildfire?
Brockton sits at the 66th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — well above the national norm for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 217 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Brockton's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 64th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
62.2% of Brockton's 217 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 37.8% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Brockton against the rest of the country
Brockton's 99th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 66th 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, Brockton ranks 10,629 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 24,245 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 15 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Brockton's 66th-percentile, high rating is the kind of score behind a broader national pattern: insurers pulling back from the highest wildfire-risk markets, non-renewing or declining new policies outright, most visibly in California. Shopping around, not assuming automatic renewal, tends to matter here.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Brockton (62.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 217 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brockton. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Brockton, see the exposure-zones guide.