Geeseytown, PA
How exposed is Geeseytown to wildfire?
Geeseytown's 73 buildings earn a 49th-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Geeseytown at the 49th percentile, close to its 49th-percentile risk score.
Where Geeseytown's buildings actually sit
USFS classifies 100% of Geeseytown's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 0% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 73 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
Where Geeseytown ranks
Compare Geeseytown's two percentiles: 81st within Pennsylvania, only 49th nationally — a gap of 31 points that marks it as unusually exposed for its own state. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Geeseytown ranks 15,989 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 30,188 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 387 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Geeseytown and the insurance market
Geeseytown's elevated wildfire rating (49th 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
Because Direct exposure dominates in Geeseytown (100%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
Where Geeseytown's figures come from
Geeseytown's 49th-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Geeseytown's dominant direct exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.