Foster Brook, PA
Foster Brook, PA's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Foster Brook's 856 buildings earn a 8th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Foster Brook at the 8th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Foster Brook's building exposure, zone by zone
Of Foster Brook's 856 counted buildings, 63% carry Direct exposure and only 0% carry Minimal — a lopsided split that puts defensible-space clearing ahead of vents or roofing as the intervention worth doing first.
How Foster Brook compares
Foster Brook scores 8th nationally and 6th 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, Foster Brook ranks 28,947 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,125 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,882 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Foster Brook
At the 8th national percentile, Foster Brook 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 Foster Brook
With 63% of Foster Brook in Direct exposure, defensible-space clearing and ember-resistant construction (vents, Class-A roofing) address the exposure this page's own numbers describe, not a generic checklist. See the home-hardening guide.
Where Foster Brook's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 856 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Foster Brook. The exposure-zones guide covers what Foster Brook's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.