Emmaus, PA
Emmaus, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Emmaus's 4,747 buildings earn a 21st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — close to the middle of USFS's national wildfire-risk range. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Emmaus at the 20th percentile, close to its 21st-percentile risk score.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
4,747 buildings are counted in Emmaus, and 77% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 12.3% in Direct exposure or the 10.7% rated Minimal.
How Emmaus compares
Emmaus's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (23rd percentile statewide) as it does nationally (21st) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Emmaus ranks 24,908 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 3,597 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,536 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
Emmaus's moderate wildfire rating (21st 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.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Emmaus (77% 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
Emmaus's 21st-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 Emmaus, see the exposure-zones guide.