Gordonville, PA
How exposed is Gordonville to wildfire?
Gordonville sits at the 2nd 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 314 counted buildings, not vegetation cover alone. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Separately from the risk score above, Gordonville's burn probability — fire likelihood with no building count factored in — sits at the 3rd percentile nationally.
What "at risk" means for the buildings here
Gordonville rates 82.8% Minimal exposure against just 17.2% Direct and 0% Indirect — of 314 buildings counted, few sit close enough to burnable vegetation for USFS to flag them individually.
Gordonville against the rest of the country
Gordonville scores 2nd nationally and 0th 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, Gordonville ranks 30,810 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 21,261 by building count (1 is largest). Within Pennsylvania alone, it ranks 1,984 of 1,991 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Pennsylvania on its state page.
Gordonville and the insurance market
At the 2nd national percentile, Gordonville 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 Gordonville
Gordonville's 82.8% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Gordonville's figures come from
The methodology guide shows exactly how USFS turned 314 counted buildings into the percentiles shown above for Gordonville. The exposure-zones guide covers what Gordonville's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.