Glen Rock, PA
How exposed is Glen Rock to wildfire?
Glen Rock sits at the 9th percentile nationally for wildfire risk to structures — among the lower wildfire-risk places nationally — per USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities model, built from its 762 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Glen Rock's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 7th percentile nationally.
Glen Rock's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS puts 52.9% of Glen Rock's 762 buildings in the Indirect exposure zone, versus 47.1% Direct and 0% Minimal — a place where the fire doesn't need to reach the structure directly for embers to.
How Glen Rock compares
Glen Rock's risk sits at a similar level relative to Pennsylvania (7th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (9th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Glen Rock ranks 28,757 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 13,999 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,862 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Glen Rock and the insurance market
Glen Rock'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.
What would actually reduce this score
With ember exposure the dominant pattern in Glen Rock (52.9% 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
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 762 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Glen Rock. For more on what indirect exposure implies beyond Glen Rock, see the exposure-zones guide.