Dunnstown, PA
Dunnstown, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Dunnstown sits at the 45th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 652 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 Dunnstown at the 45th percentile, close to its 45th-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
67.5% of Dunnstown's 652 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 32.5% Direct and 0% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Dunnstown against the rest of the country
Within Pennsylvania, Dunnstown ranks higher (73rd percentile) than it does nationally (45th) — one of the more fire-exposed places in a state that, overall, scores lower than that. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Dunnstown ranks 17,216 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 15,183 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 538 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Dunnstown
Dunnstown's elevated rating (45th 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
Dunnstown's 67.5% Indirect-exposure share points at embers, not flame contact, as the main pathway — ember-resistant vents and non-combustible roofing rank ahead of defensible space here. Detail in the home-hardening guide.
Where Dunnstown's figures come from
Every one of the two percentiles behind Dunnstown's 17,216-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Dunnstown's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.