Brownstown (Cambria), PA
Brownstown (Cambria) wildfire risk explained
Brownstown (Cambria)'s 394 buildings earn a 32nd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Brownstown (Cambria) at the 30th percentile, close to its 32nd-percentile risk score.
Where Brownstown (Cambria)'s buildings actually sit
394 buildings are counted in Brownstown (Cambria), and 85.5% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 14.5% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Brownstown (Cambria) ranks
There's little gap between Brownstown (Cambria)'s 32nd national percentile and its 42nd percentile inside Pennsylvania, which means the state comparison mostly confirms what the national score already shows. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brownstown (Cambria) ranks 21,568 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 19,336 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,156 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Brownstown (Cambria)
At the 32nd national percentile, Brownstown (Cambria) 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 Brownstown (Cambria)
Brownstown (Cambria)'s 85.5% 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 Brownstown (Cambria)'s figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Brownstown (Cambria)'s 21,568-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Brownstown (Cambria)'s dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.