Castle Shannon, PA
How exposed is Castle Shannon to wildfire?
Castle Shannon's 3,019 buildings earn a 19th-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, Castle Shannon's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 21st percentile nationally.
Castle Shannon's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Castle Shannon's buildings (96% of 3,019) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
Castle Shannon against the rest of the country
Castle Shannon scores 19th nationally and 20th within Pennsylvania — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Castle Shannon ranks 25,573 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 5,402 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,588 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Castle Shannon's low wildfire rating (19th 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.
What would actually reduce this score
With 96% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Castle Shannon gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
More on how this number was built
Castle Shannon's 19th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what minimal exposure implies beyond Castle Shannon, see the exposure-zones guide.