Frystown, PA
How exposed is Frystown to wildfire?
Frystown's 268 buildings earn a 10th-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 Frystown at the 10th percentile, close to its 10th-percentile risk score.
Frystown's building exposure, zone by zone
Most of Frystown's buildings (57.1% of 268) fall outside USFS's Direct and Indirect zones entirely — that doesn't zero out the score above, it means the risk is regional, not structure-by-structure.
How Frystown compares
Frystown scores 10th nationally and 8th 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, Frystown ranks 28,504 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 22,585 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,838 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 10th national percentile, Frystown rates low for wildfire risk — well short of the threshold where insurers have been withdrawing coverage, though comparing a quote costs nothing either way.
What would actually reduce this score
With 57.1% of buildings rated Minimal exposure, Frystown gets less benefit from structure hardening than a Direct- or Indirect-dominant place would — the home-hardening guide explains why the zone matters.
Where Frystown's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 268 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Frystown. The exposure-zones guide covers what Frystown's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.