Elizabethtown, PA
How exposed is Elizabethtown to wildfire?
Out of every US place USFS scores, Elizabethtown lands at the 8th percentile for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — a figure built from its 3,505 buildings, not the land around them. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Elizabethtown's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 8th percentile nationally.
Elizabethtown's building exposure, zone by zone
79.8% of Elizabethtown's 3,505 buildings fall in USFS's Indirect exposure zone — ember cast rather than direct flame — against 14.6% Direct and 5.7% Minimal. Vent screens and roofing material matter more here than lot clearing alone.
Where Elizabethtown ranks
Elizabethtown scores 8th nationally and 5th 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, Elizabethtown ranks 29,010 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 4,766 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,886 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Elizabethtown
At the 8th national percentile, Elizabethtown rates low 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 Elizabethtown
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Elizabethtown (79.8% Indirect), vent screens and roofing material tend to matter more than lot clearing alone. The home-hardening guide covers both.
More on how this number was built
Elizabethtown's 8th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Elizabethtown, see the exposure-zones guide.