Brooks Mill, PA
Brooks Mill, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Brooks Mill at the 46th national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 71 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Brooks Mill at the 46th percentile, close to its 46th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
71 buildings are counted in Brooks Mill, and 52.1% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Brooks Mill against the rest of the country
Compare Brooks Mill's two percentiles: 74th within Pennsylvania, only 46th nationally — a gap of 28 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brooks Mill ranks 17,060 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,259 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 522 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Brooks Mill and the insurance market
At the 46th national percentile, Brooks Mill rates elevated for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Brooks Mill (52.1%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Brooks Mill's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brooks Mill's 17,060-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brooks Mill's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.