Brownstown (Lancaster), PA
How exposed is Brownstown (Lancaster) to wildfire?
Brownstown (Lancaster)'s 1,449 buildings earn a 3rd-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Brownstown (Lancaster)'s burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 4th percentile nationally.
Where Brownstown (Lancaster)'s buildings actually sit
72.6% of Brownstown (Lancaster)'s 1,449 buildings sit in USFS's Minimal exposure zone, with only 27.4% rated Direct — risk here comes from regional burn probability more than proximity to burnable vegetation at the structure itself.
Brownstown (Lancaster) against the rest of the country
Brownstown (Lancaster)'s risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (1st percentile statewide) as it does nationally (3rd) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Brownstown (Lancaster) ranks 30,465 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,396 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,971 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Brownstown (Lancaster) and the insurance market
Brownstown (Lancaster)'s low rating (3rd percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
What would actually reduce this score
Brownstown (Lancaster)'s 72.6% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,449 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Brownstown (Lancaster). For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Brownstown (Lancaster), see the exposure-zones guide.