Carrolltown, PA
Carrolltown, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Carrolltown sits at the 38th 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 645 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 Carrolltown at the 37th percentile, close to its 38th-percentile risk score.
Carrolltown's building exposure, zone by zone
Indirect exposure is dominant in Carrolltown (70.2% of 645 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 29.8% sit in the Direct zone.
How Carrolltown compares
Carrolltown's 57th-percentile standing inside Pennsylvania outpaces its 38th national percentile — this is a hotter spot than most of its own state, even though the state as a whole runs cooler nationally. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Carrolltown ranks 19,613 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,269 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 861 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Carrolltown
Carrolltown's moderate wildfire rating (38th percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Carrolltown
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Carrolltown (70.2% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
Where Carrolltown's figures come from
Carrolltown's 38th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Carrolltown's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.