Dallastown, PA
Dallastown, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Dallastown's 1,523 buildings earn a 7th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Dallastown at the 7th percentile, close to its 7th-percentile risk score.
Where Dallastown's buildings actually sit
Indirect exposure is dominant in Dallastown (92.4% of 1,523 buildings): far enough from burnable vegetation to avoid flame contact, close enough for wind-blown embers. Only 7.6% sit in the Direct zone.
Dallastown against the rest of the country
Dallastown's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (4th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (7th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dallastown ranks 29,324 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 9,070 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,909 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
At the 7th national percentile, Dallastown rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because 92.4% of Dallastown's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,523 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Dallastown. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Dallastown, see the exposure-zones guide.