Brookville, PA
Brookville, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Brookville sits at the 37th 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 2,192 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Brookville at the 38th percentile, close to its 37th-percentile risk score.
Where Brookville's buildings actually sit
63.8% of Brookville's 2,192 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 36.2% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
How Brookville compares
Within Pennsylvania, Brookville ranks higher (55th percentile) than it does nationally (37th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brookville ranks 19,835 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 6,953 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 892 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Brookville and the insurance market
At the 37th national percentile, Brookville rates moderate for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 63.8% of Brookville's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Brookville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 2,192 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brookville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brookville's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.