Bruin, PA
Bruin wildfire risk explained
USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model puts Bruin at the 42nd national percentile for risk to structures, modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — a score built from 321 actual buildings. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Bruin at the 42nd national percentile — 0 points below its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Direct exposure dominates in Bruin: 57.6% of its 321 buildings, versus 42.4% Indirect and 0% Minimal. Clearing space around a structure changes the outcome here more than any single building-material swap.
Where Bruin ranks
Within Pennsylvania, Bruin ranks higher (68th percentile) than it does nationally (42nd) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Bruin ranks 18,197 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,073 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 644 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Bruin and the insurance market
At the 42nd national percentile, Bruin rates elevated 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 Bruin
Bruin's 57.6% Direct-exposure share means lot clearing around the structure typically outweighs any single material upgrade here. The home-hardening guide ranks the options for a place shaped like this.
More on how this number was built
Bruin's 42nd-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Bruin, see the exposure-zones guide.