Brockway, PA
Brockway, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Brockway sits at the 36th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 1,023 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Brockway's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 38th percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
79.5% of Brockway's 1,023 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 20.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Brockway ranks
Within Pennsylvania, Brockway ranks higher (53rd percentile) than it does nationally (36th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brockway ranks 20,147 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 11,779 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 948 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Brockway and the insurance market
Brockway's moderate rating (36th 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
Brockway's 79.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Brockway's figures come from
Brockway's 36th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brockway's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.