Gettysburg, PA
Gettysburg wildfire risk explained
Gettysburg's 1,835 buildings earn a 9th-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 Gettysburg at the 9th national percentile — 0 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Gettysburg's building exposure, zone by zone
1,835 buildings are counted in Gettysburg, and 93.1% of them are Indirect exposure — ember-driven risk rather than the 6.9% in Direct exposure or the 0% rated Minimal.
Where Gettysburg ranks
Gettysburg scores 9th nationally and 7th 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, Gettysburg ranks 28,697 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,962 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,858 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Shopping for coverage in Gettysburg
Gettysburg's low rating (9th percentile nationally) sits outside the range where wildfire risk alone reshapes an insurance market — still, a homeowner here loses nothing by comparing rates.
Hardening a home in Gettysburg
Because 93.1% of Gettysburg's buildings sit in the Indirect zone, sealing the ember pathway (vents, roofing, gutters) is the intervention this page's data actually supports — see the home-hardening guide.
Where Gettysburg's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 1,835 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Gettysburg. The exposure-zones guide covers what Gettysburg's dominant indirect exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.